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Live from the Chelan Earth Day Fair at the PUD's Chelan Riverwalk Park, we're joined by a trip of guests to chat about conservation work around Lake Chelan: 

• Tamie Blevins, Chelan Earth Day Fair gardeners coordinator 
• Amanda Newell from the Cascadia Conservation District 
• Julie McCoy from 911 Glass Rescue and Lake Chelan Rotary 
• Brian Patterson from the Chelan Basin Conservancy 
• Phil Long from Lake Chelan Research Institute and Keep it Blue 

We chat about: 

• Gardening in the Chelan Basin and tricks to use less water in your yard 
• Firewise resources to help you prepare your home and neighborhood for wildfire 
• New glass recycling in Chelan and useful things to do with glass aggregate 
• Microparks that offer public lake access, the legacy of lead arsenate and how to sign up for free soil testing with the Department of Ecology, and a potential Chelan Butte land trust 
• Invasive species in Lake Chelan, deep lake robots, and much more! 

Join us live at noon on Wednesday, May 18, as we chat with Megan Kramer, Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rater, ENERGY STAR Homes rater, sustainability consultant, and energy program coordinator at Washington State University and the Department of Energy.  

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Power Hour schedule and past episodes: chelanpud.org/powerhour 

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WA State Department of Ecology soil sampling info: ecology.wa.gov/Spills-Cleanup/Contamination-cleanup/Dirt-Alert-program/Soil-sampling 

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