Community Updates & Alerts
FIREWOOD CUTTING PROGRAM!
Swinomish Public Works has the new Firewood Cutting Program up and running. The program entails the purchase of firewood from enrolled Swinomish for use by others in the community. The program is intended to help tribal member woodcutters acquire income while providing a source of home heat for those who need it.
If you are interested in becoming a woodcutter, you MUST read and sign the Firewood Cutting Program & Policy form AND contact Public Works before you start.
Firewood Cutting Program & Policy form: sitcgov.us/woodcutting
SWINOMISH HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND
The Swinomish Homeowner Assistance Fund program is now active and able to assist low-income homeowners who are delinquent in mortgage payments, utilities, and other home expenses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
To learn about the program, click here. To submit a pre-application for assistance, please click here.
RECREATIONAL BEACHES BACTERIA MONITORING
January 10, 2023 – All six monitored swimming beaches are OPEN for water contact activity. Next sampling is scheduled for February 21, 2023.
- Snee-Oosh Beach: SAFE
- Lone Tree Point: SAFE
- Swinomish Channel at the fishing docks: SAFE
- The Flats: SAFE
- Martha's Bay Beach: SAFE
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: SAFE
Swinomish Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conducts weekly bacterial monitoring of six swimming beaches during summer (June – August) and monitors monthly throughout the rest of the year.
SHELLFISH PSP MONITORING AT LONE TREE POINT
September 6, 2022 – NO TRACE DETECTED in butter clam sample
