Welcome!

Welecome to the Friends of the Cedar River Watershed blog! For the first post, I feel it is important for you to find out what we are all about.:

The Friends of the Cedar River Watershed

Vision - A Cedar River Watershed that provides healthy drinking water and ecological systems that support people, fish, and wildlife now and for generations to come.

Mission - To inspire conservation and protection of a healthy Cedar River Watershed through restoration, education, and stewardship.

The Friends of the Cedar River Watershed (FCRW) is a private, non-profit organization incorporated in 1996 and dedicated to the protection and restoration of the Cedar River Watershed, an ecological preserve that is source of drinking water to more than a million greater Seattle area residents.

The Friends of the Cedar River Watershed are working to:

• Ensure the long-term stewardship of the watershed
• Provide and promote environmental education, especially for children
• Educate the public about the importance of the Cedar River Watershed

Since 1996, the Friends have worked diligently to build a grassroots constituency for the watershed through membership recruitment and outreach to partner organizations. The Friends also have been active in recruiting volunteers, hosting restoration events within the watershed, and in raising funds to support the construction of the Cedar River Watershed Education Center. Our primary goal is to educate the public about the source of our water and its ecological and cultural value, and to engage them in promoting the health of the Watershed.