2007 DNRP archived news releases

Tolt River reaches Phase IV flood alert level as King County Flood continues monitoring flows
March, 2007: Tolt River reached a Phase IV flood alert level late Saturday morning

Phase III flood alert level on Snoqualmie River as King County continues to monitor high flows
March, 2007:rainfall throughout Saturday lifted the Snoqualmie River into a Phase III flood alert level, while the Tolt River continues to flow at the higher Phase IV flood alert level,

King County Flood Warning Center opens as Tolt, Snoqualmie rivers rise from heavy rainfall
March, 2007:eavy rainfall early Saturday morning brought the Tolt River up to a Phase III flood alert level, while the Snoqualmie River reached Phase II flood alert level, according to the King County Flood Warning Center

Christie True to head Wastewater Treatment Division
Mar. 2007: Selected for her extensive experience in both wastewater operations and major capital project management, Christie True today assumed her new role as director of King County's Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD).

Wastewater construction leads to lane closures along 73rd Avenue Northeast in Kenmore
Mar. 2007: Work related to King County's Brightwater Treatment Plant construction project will restrict traffic along 73rd Avenue Northeast in Kenmore for the next few weeks.

Annual Duwamish Alive! clean-up effort needs volunteers for Earth Day activities
April 2007 -- Home to King County's largest population of threatened chinook salmon, and flowing through in the heart of Seattle's industrial core, the Duwamish River is an important waterway for both wildlife and people.

Learn to create low maintenance, natural landscapes at King County’s ‘Naturescaping’ workshop
March, 2007: Landscapes created with native vegetation require less maintenance, conserve water and can thrive without potentially harmful pesticides – and they can be beautiful.

Sixth-annual Small Farm Expo slated for March 24 at the Enumclaw Exposition Center
Mar. 2007 -- Interested in learning about shearing and spinning fiber, how to brew beer, what type of alternative energy you could use, or how to manage wildlife on your land? Join us on March 24th, for the 6th Annual Small Farm Expo at the Northwest Expo Center in Enumclaw for how-to answers to these questions and more!

King County, Seattle offering new incentives for green-building residential projects
March 2007 -- Commercial and residential developers who want to "build green" in King County could be eligible to receive financial assistance as well as free technical assistance through a new program from the King County Green Building Program in the county's Solid Waste Division.

Lower Tolt River restoration project public meeting April 5 in Carnation
April 5, 2007: The Carnation community will have another opportunity to learn about and comment on a proposal for restoring the lower Tolt River and rebuilding an old flood-protection levee at a public meeting, set for April 5.