LAKE SAMMAMISH, WA – On Friday, April 25, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join King County Executive Dow Constantine, local mayors and officials, and community conservation groups to announce a new partnership connecting Seattle-area communities and young people to efforts to restore kokanee in the Lake Sammamish watershed.
Prior to the announcement, elementary school students from Campbell Hills Elementary School in Renton, WA, will release kokanee fry into the Ebright Creek as part of an annual event sponsored by the Lake Sammamish Kokanee Work Group.
Secretary Jewell has launched an ambitious youth initiative to inspire millions of young people to play, learn, serve and work outdoors.
WHO:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Deputy Regional Director Richard Hannan
King County Executive Dow Constantine
Sammamish Mayor Tom Vance
Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler
Bellevue Councilmember Fred Stokes
Snoqualmie Tribal Council Chair Carolyn Lubenau
Local officials and stakeholders
WHAT:
Announcement of New Partnership to Connect Seattle-Area Communities, Youth to Lake Sammamish Watershed
WHEN:
Friday, April 25, 2014
11:30 a.m. PDT – Media check-in
12:00 p.m. PDT – Ceremony begins
WHERE:
Ebright Creek at the Pereyra Residence
Approx: 148 East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE, Sammamish WA, 98074
MEDIA:
Credentialed members of the media who wish to attend this event are encouraged to RSVP here no later than 9:00 a.m. PDT on Friday, April 25, 2014. Additional logistical details will be provided to confirmed reporters.
Source: Department of Interior
