Salmon-Safe to Honor Vulcan, Others, for Development Practices that Protect Puget Sound
"Hero of Salmon" Awards and Presentations from Thought Leaders to be Featured at "Salmon in the City" Urban Design & Ecology Event at REI's Seattle Flagship Store
SEATTLE, Jan, 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Salmon-Safe, a leading regional eco-certification program that helps landowners adopt practices to protect Pacific salmon, has announced that Vulcan will become the nation's first Salmon-Safe accredited developer, and will receive the organization's "Hero of Salmon" Award at "Salmon in the City" on January 24 at REI's Flagship store in Seattle. Vulcan, which was founded by the late Microsoft co-founder, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Paul Allen, is being recognized for its work reducing watershed impacts from development.
Vulcan is being honored for projects including South Lake Union campuses for Google and Facebook, as well as earlier projects like the Allen Institute and Yesler Terrace. Other Salmon-Safe Seattle area developments now underway includes high profile projects like Expedia, the Washington State Convention Center expansion, and REI's new Bellevue campus.
In addition to Vulcan, the development partnership COU LLC and University of Washington professor emeritus Rich Horner will be honored at the event. COU LLC is being recognized for their Salmon-Safe certified projects in Seattle, including inspiring the Seattle Green Bridges project, managing stormwater runoff from the Aurora Bridge. Dr. Horner is being honored for his national leadership on reducing water pollution and for his work on stormwater science, which has helped inform Salmon-Safe's work for the past two decades.
"At this time when the plight of Puget Sound orca are top of mind, developers like Vulcan and COU LLC are leading the way through development that is healthier for watersheds," said Dan Kent, Salmon-Safe co-founder and executive director. "This event is an opportunity to provide these companies, along with stormwater scientist Dr. Rich Horner who has helped guide Salmon-Safe's work on the urban landscape, with much deserved recognition and, we hope, inspires others to take similar action."
In addition to the Hero of Salmon awards, this year's event will feature several speakers, including Nat Scholz, PhD, of NOAA Fisheries; Brook Muller, professor of architecture and director of the Portland Architecture program, University of Oregon; and Ellen Southard of Salmon-Safe Puget Sound and Site Story. These speakers will address emerging research related to urban stormwater and salmon as well as advances in urban design to integrate habitat conservation and watershed health.
For more information about the event and to speak with Salmon-Safe, contact Ellen Southard, Puget Sound Manager, (206) 579-8645 [email protected] or visit https://salmonsafe.org/sitc2019
About Salmon-Safe
Founded by river and native fish conservation organization Pacific Rivers, Salmon-Safe is one of the nation's leading environmental certification programs and has certified more than 95,000 acres of farm and urban land for practices that protect water quality and restore natural habitat. The organization's mission is to transform land management practices so Pacific salmon can thrive in West Coast watersheds. For more information visit www.salmonsafe.org.
SOURCE Salmon-Safe
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