We have been aware of the work of FOPC for about 20 years. It has been a source of reliable data pertaining to the Pierce County natural and built environment. FOPC has supported our local watershed organization here in Gig Harbor, providing the science, not the emotions, that affect land use applications nearby our homes.
FOPC keeps an eye out on cumulative effects of land use decisions when I personally cannot--especially for my passion, the sustainability of native biodiversity. We live in Pierce County's only officially designated Biodiversity Management Area--Crescent Valley, and I depend on FOPC to provide stewardship news and activities of interest to my neighbors.
There is great power in networking among nonprofits with related missions, and recently, Marian Berejikian has represented FOPC in a consortium of groups called Climate Pierce County http://climatepiercecounty.com/ which is working to forestall, mitigate, and prepare for extremes of weather and ocean acidification. Such networking gives me hope that my small, local activity of tree planting and gardening for wildlife can have a positive impact on the future. She brings the various members of Climate Pierce County a wealth of experience working with the "powers that be" in Pierce County.
FOPC encourages small, local projects like those of Crescent Valley Alliance, pictured.