Wine & Weeds is the annual Ocean Shores Fresh Waterways Corporation (OSFWC) membership drive and information event
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Doug Dorling – OSFWC Senior Aquatic Biologist consultant -
Bruce Malloy – Current president of OSFWC
Once again, we had a very productive and informative event. This year, we moved the event to the Lions Club. We have significantly more room and much better parking. We anticipate that all future Wine and Weeds events will also take place at the Lions Club 832 Ocean Shores Blvd NW, Ocean Shores, WA 98569
- Several new members joined the Ocean Shores Fresh Waterways (non-profit) Corporation.
- We all enjoyed the free wine and other refreshments.
- Our Senior Aquatic Biologist Consultant Doug Dorling showed a slide presentation about our waterways.
- Doug informed us
- about the health of the waterways,
- the types and toxicities (virtually non-toxic to animals and humans in the doses used) of the herbicides used for weed control,
- some of the testing procedures and results of those tests.
- Doug then answered a bunch of questions from the audience.
Wine and Weeds is the Ocean Shores Fresh Waterways (OSFWC) Annual membership drive. It happens close to the end of summer. Membership cost is $20.oo per household. All money goes into a fund that helps pay our boat registration fees, buy equipment or otherwise support the all volunteer efforts of our hard working board of trustees.
The trustees periodically remove dangerous trees or overhanging branches, primarily from the narrower canals. When possible, tree logs are staked to the banks edge which mitigates wake and wave damage to the fragil waterway edges.
They also work with the city’s public works department to haul carcases or other water hazards to shore so they can be properly disposed of.
Future projects will include:
- cleaning the waterways signs,
- working with our police department
- to clean,
- replace or
- reposition and re anchor the various buoys in the waterways.
Mark your 2019 calendar. Wine and Weeds will take place on 28 September 2019.
At the Ocean Shores Lions Club
832 Ocean Shores Blvd NW, Ocean Shores, WA 98569