NEWS BRIEFS: Reading set at Port Townsend’s Northwind Arts Center on Thursday . . . and other items

Published 12:01 am Monday, March 9, 2015

PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwind Reading Series will feature Joseph Green and Keith Moul during a reading at Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., on Thursday.

The reading starts at 7 p.m.

Since 1975, Green’s poetry has been appearing in such publications as The Bellingham Review, Crab Creek Review, Nimrod and more.

Moul writes poems and publishes them in magazines and books. He travels and takes pictures, then he publishes those in magazines and books.

The suggested donation for the reading is $3 to $5.

All proceeds will support the Northwind Arts Center.

For more information, phone Bill Mawhinney at 360-302-1159.

Sockeye meeting

SEKIU — The Lake Ozette Sockeye Steering Committee will hold a meeting at the Sekiu Community Center, 42 Rice St., from 10:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Thursday.

Community members are invited to attend the committee’s discussion about Lake Ozette sockeye salmon recovery updates and project implementation.

Agenda topics include updates on activities since the January meeting, reports on existing recovery projects and discussion about potential new projects, Coal Creek culvert-to-bridge replacement overview, Lake Ozette watershed restoration project overview, predation workgroup updates, public outreach and education strategies, and future Steering Committee activities.

The committee helped develop the Lake Ozette Sockeye Salmon Recovery Plan and is now providing input for its implementation.

Its open membership includes landowners, interested citizens, timber companies and representatives from local, state, federal and tribal governments.

For more information, contact Claire Turpel at 206-583-0655 or cturpel@triangleassociates.com.