The Puget Sound RFEGs are excited to announce the launch of the Citizen Action Training School, or CATS, which will create a pool of future community leaders who are aware, educated, and active stewards and advocates for their watersheds and the greater Puget Sound.  CATS is a 12 week training program in watershed and Puget Sound ecology, with an added focus on civic engagement in the legal and regulatory  processes that affect resource management. 

Five CATS sessions are being offered free of charge to community members from all around the Sound in 2013 and 2014, with the next session in Seattle (applications due by 2/28/14 so get yours in soon!). 

Participants will receive 50 hours of training over three months in the form of weekday evening classes and a few Saturday field sessions.  Following this comprehensive training, participants will give back by volunteering at least 50 hours to plan and complete a service project in their community. 

For more information or to apply for the CATS session in your area, see www.pugetsoundcats.org or contact the Seattle CATS Coordinator Leihla Scharlau at Leihla@midsoundfisheries.org  and (206) 529-9467.