Participants also got information packets that included maps, bathometric information and names of local activist and preservation groups. Three times as many people called as we had spaces for. Surveys completed by participants suggest that this high level of enthusiasm stems from the desire of South Sound residents to get to the water. Surveys also showed a lack of public knowledge of major water-related issues concerning the South Sound. Fortune hopes that getting people out in boats and showing them their community from a different perspective will help to heighten public awareness of issues like these, and thus begin to foster a sense of stewardship in area residents.
People see the developments and start asking questions.
Although the goal of the stewardship excursion series is to create activists out of everyone who participates, there is an inherent value in simply getting people out on the water. All rights reserved.