Greetings Again!
This is the first trip report of many to come for this blog. Last Saturday, about 25 volunteers contributed to an important, multi-year project to reconnect Taylor Creek with its historic floodplain and to restore wildlife habitat in this 9-acre wetland. The site is located in the lower watershed near Maple Valley. The volunteers worked in small teams lead by members of Washington State Conservation Corps to identify and pull invasive Scotch Broom and remove weed fabric from previous plantings.
FCRW board member Jason Mulvihill-Kuntz had the following to report from the trip:
note - some editing for context
"Today went really well. We had roughly 25 volunteers, including fellow board member Gretchen Muller and I, and about 10 WCC members. The goal for the day was to remove the black plastic fabric from the site, and perhaps remove a few scotch broom if there was time. We finished pulling the plastic by 11:30 a.m. and spent the rest of the time clearing an entire field of scotch broom, as well as placing multiple old Christmas trees throughout the site to serve as additional woody debris to trap sediment and enhance salmon habitat. Peter was very impressed with the crew. The YMCA group was great, and really seemed to enjoy the work and being outside. People missed having you (Sarah Waller, FCRW volunteer coordinator) there, but Gretchen and I did our best to fill in as surrogate Friends reps!
I managed to forget my camera, but luckily two WCC members were taking photos. I made friends with them and they agreed to send me the photos from the event! I'll pass them along as soon as I get something."
We look forward to seeing the photos, and will post them as soon as we have them!
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