Sustainable Salmon meet set

The Washington Coast Sustainable Salmon Partnership will hold its monthly board meeting from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Port of Grays Harbor, 111 S. Wooding St., Aberdeen.

The organization will take public comments on the recently released Washington Coast Sustainable Salmon Plan, posted on the partnership’s web site at www.wcssp.org.

The board meeting is open to the public and public participation always is welcome. Contact Dana Dietz at 360-289-2499 for more information.

Lake Ozette Sockeye

committee meets

The steering committee charged with implementing Lake Ozette Sockeye Salmon recovery will meet from 10 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 in the Sekiu Community Center, 42 Rice St., Sekiu.

Citizens are invited to attend the steering committee’s discussion about updates and project implementation. Agenda topics will include updates on activities since the May meeting; reports on recovery projects; public outreach and education strategies; and future steering committee activities.

Over the past five years, the committee has helped develop the Lake Ozette Sockeye Salmon Recovery Plan and is now providing input for its implementation. The steering committee’s open membership includes landowners, interested citizens, timber companies, as well as representatives from local, state, federal and tribal governments.

For more information, contact Sarah Saviskas at 206-583-0655 or by e-mail at ssaviskas@triangleassociates.com.

Special speakers set for

Overeaters Anonymous meet

The Forks chapter of Overeaters Anonymous is holding a special speaker meeting from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 250 N. Blackberry St. The meeting will be a panel of speakers, coming from as far away as Bremerton, to share their recovery from compulsive eating. Some OA members from the Port Angeles group also are scheduled to attend. The Forks group meets every Thursday.

Fire restrictions in effect

on WDFW-managed lands

Due to dry conditions and wildfires burning in parts of the state, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has prohibited campfires and other activities on all agency-managed lands.

The ban includes: fires or campfires, though personal camp stoves or lanterns fueled by liquid petroleum, liquid petroleum gas or propane are allowed; smoking, unless in an enclosed vehicle; target shooting, except at shooting ranges developed by WDFW; welding and the use of chainsaws and other equipment; operating a motor vehicle off developed roads, except when parking in areas without vegetation within 10 feet of the roadway and parking in developed campgrounds and at trailheads.

The state Department of Natural Resources also has banned burning in its protected forests.

The WDFW ban will remain in effect until conditions improve and the risk of wildfires decreases.

Updates will be posted on WDFW’s website: wdfw.wa.gov.

For more information on fires currently burning in Washington, visit the websites for the state Incident Information System (www.inciweb.org/state/49/), the state Department of Natural Resources (www.dnr.wa.gov/Pages/default.aspx) and the U.S. Forest Service (www.fs.usda.gov/main/okawen/home).

Serenity House names

new facilities director

Kevin Harkins has been named the new facilities director for Serenity House of Clallam County.

Harkins supervises repair and maintenance of a dozen Serenity House facilities in Port Angeles and Sequim, and schedules and oversees capital projects.

He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 25 years service.

Serenity House is a private nonprofit which is dedicated to ending and preventing homelessness in Clallam County.

Harkins  spent many childhood summers visiting his grandparents in Clallam County. because He and his family live in the Joyce area.