Causes: Environment

Mission: The education of the general public about island county's cultural and environmental heritage as well as the protection of the environment.

Programs: Lighthouse license plate projectincome for this program comes entirely from the state of washington special license plate program. Grants from this program are made to:1) sound water stewards is an independent 501 c 3 organization of trained volunteers working in and around island county for a healthy sustainable puget sound environment through education, community outreach, stewardship, and citizen resource. 2) other washington lighthouses who are also 501(c)(3) and are operated by volunteers to fund repairs and improvements to make their facilities more available to the public. 3) other lep programs not covered by donations. 4) other lep stewardship projects that benefit the environment or washington state parks.

other programswsu island county extension waste wise educates area residents on the most ecological ways to dispose of their waste and administers a grant from the state of washington department of ecology to coordinate a program of volunteers to clean refuse from island county beaches. Lighthouse environment programs (lep) administers grants that benefit member councils and helps to support the cost of state parks that coordinate and support their volunteers.

docents & keeperswsu island county extension docents work with keepers of the admiralty head lighthouse to monitor and upgrade the lighthouse and provide volunteers to interpret its history for the education of visitors.