Earth Day work party at Union Slough could draw up to 200
Published 10:24 pm Thursday, April 16, 2009
EVERETT — A man-made wetland area along Union Slough in Everett will be the site of an Earth Day work party Saturday.
Some 200 people are expected for the event, which will involve planting trees, staking up some earlier plantings that started to grow sideways, mulching and doing some weeding of non-native species, according to Keeley O’Connell of People for Puget Sound.
The organization is joining with the Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force for the event, which is on Port of Everett property. Two scout groups will be among those planting trees.
Other local groups such as the WSU Beach Watchers, the Washington Conservation Corps and the Snohomish County Marine Resources Committee will have information booths. REI’s Lynnwood store has provided some raffle prizes for the event.
There also will be guided tours of the 24-acre site at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The area is an estuary and marsh created to provide habitat for young salmon and other marine life. It’s east of Highway 529 between Everett and Marysville at 37th Street NE (Biringer Farm).
For more information or to volunteer, call Brian Slaby at the task force at 425-252-6686.
