Volunteers Wanted For Building the Nature Trail Bridge

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Our Trail Builders are currently in need of more help with work on the new Nature Trail that will include a wooden bridge that spans a natural wetland area. The bridge will look very similar to this one built by Art Tuftee.

Normally our work sessions are the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. However, we are limited on time by a wetland permit this summer and there is so much work to be done that we are also calling for volunteers on the Friday before those Saturday work parties. If you or anyone you know can volunteer on the 2nd or 4th Fridays and Saturdays of May, June, July, and August we would very much appreciate your help.

Here is our current bridge building plan, put together by Jerry Granahan.

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If you are interested in volunteering please contact Jerry Granahan and tell him which days you are interested in helping. It will help with our planning to know how many volunteers we have ahead of time. Thank you.

Rock Work Begins on the Nature Trail

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We've begun distributing rock and gravel on our 3' wide nature trail off of Little Mountain Road. We had a great session on Saturday and accomplished a lot of work. For lunch MVTB provided a selection of clam chowder, salmon chowder, and taco soup from Big Rock.

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Nature Trail Project Kickoff

We’re starting our biggest project to date. So we’re kicking it off with two sessions next week; the first on Friday at 9:00 am – the second on Saturday at 10:00. The work will be at the northeast end of our new “Nature/Interpretive Trail.” To get there stay on Little Mountain Road driving beyond the park entrance. You will see it just past the beaver pond on the right side of the road. The new trail head will be where you see the gravel piles. Please park safely, making certain you are outside the painted fog line. And carpool if possible, parking is limited.

On Saturday Kaptein’s ACE Hardware is going to be our featured volunteer group. Their session early in the year was snowed out, which was a first for us.

Last session North Cascade Family Physicians established a 2012 “featured group” record with 9 volunteers putting in a total of 33.75 hours. Prior to that Big Rock Café and Grocery held our top spot. Both groups were amazing, they worked hard and fed all of our volunteers delicious soup. Both are tough acts to follow, setting the bar high for future groups.

Thanks North Cascade Family Physicians

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We had a very productive work party this past Saturday thanks to the support of North Cascade Family Physicians. They had nine volunteers join us.

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And thank you once again to Leslie Estep and her family for the delicious soup and bread for lunch.

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