Tonight SUBA Meeting

The Laurelhurst Community Club (LCC) recently published the following information in a newsletter:

SUBA Annual Meeting November 17 (Zoom)

The annual meeting of the Save Union Bay Association (SUBA) will provide an update on progress made over the past year in the fight against invasive aquatic plants in Union Bay. An Aquatechnex representative will describe the treatments used, the results and the plans for 2023. There will also be reports on other SUBA offers. If you have any questions, please email SUBA Board Chair Susan Holliday at saveunionbayassn@gmail.com or visit her here.

A few years ago, the LCC ( SUBA ) acknowledged 47 years of stewardship of Union Bay waters and said:   

Through active programs, SUBA has effectively restored water quality in the Gulf over the past six years by applying a variety of specific, aquatic and ecological herbicide treatments.

Since the new cleanup plans were implemented, Union Bay's water has been clean, safe and yarrow-free, even as warmer climates have created toxic conditions elsewhere in the region. No toxic blooms were reported in Union Bay in 2017, and recreational water users (swimmers, kayakers and boaters) saw a significant improvement in their ability to navigate clearer waters during the summer. Fish habitat continues to expand, and their ability to thrive is critical to the health of the entire Puget Sound ecosystem.

SUBA's ongoing methods of reducing non-native water lilies are also important because they provide more natural light and open water for native fish to navigate. LCC supports SUBA's work in the new multi-year funding cycle, the Washington State Department of Ecology, the state Department of Natural Resources, and Washington University's partnership with Athletics and student activities programs. take care

The LCC is also grateful for the donation of over $20,000 from SUBA members, especially the Laurelhurst waterfront home owners, which will be used to pay for these treatments that will benefit all public users of Union Bay.

LCC supports SUBA's work to protect Union Bay from other adverse impacts, such as replacing the new B. SR520 bridge. SUBA's efforts to prevent harmful transport of toxic waste, stop unauthorized dredging, and increase nighttime noise variability have helped protect the most threatened wildlife species and the people who call Union Bay home.

The SUBA resource of Aqua Technex water maps is a public domain resource identifying invasive weed locations for current and future Union Bay records. They are particularly important in documenting the potential negative impacts of the construction of the new SR520 bridge.

LCC supports and will cooperate with SUBA's request to WSDOT that additional mitigation measures may be necessary to eliminate any new aquatic invasive plants introduced by the construction processes of SR520 and the remaining phases of its Western Approach Bridge North (WABN) efforts. .

Thank you to SUBA President Susan Holliday, Steve Sultzbacher, John Impert, John Jacobs and Colleen McAleer and members for all they do to restore and maintain vitality to protect Union Bay and its delicate ecosystem. SUBA is a 501-C-3 non-profit organization.

Please contribute matching funds for this important work. Send tax-deductible donations to: SUBA Treasurer Steve Sulzbacher, 4115 Surber Drive NE, Seattle, WA 98105

Union Bay Natural Area (UBNA) is a wildlife sanctuary and research laboratory north of Union Bay on Lake Washington that opens wildlife habitat to the public (over 200 species of birds).

For many years, the site was Seattle's largest landfill, the Montlake Fill. After the landfill was closed in 1966, work began to restore a more natural environment. The area east of the University of Washington (UW) campus is now owned by the university and managed by the University of the Environment.

You can find more information here.

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