4-24-15
I went out not to long ago with a small crew and cleared
black berry bushes from Valley Creek 1.0. At first I hated it of course but as
we got into it I felt good knowing I am helping keep the stream clear. Enabling
people to walk down to the creek without being stabbed by the invasive plants. There
were a lot of them everywhere especially on the banks and where people walk
down to the creek. It’s not a huge help but its helping and people don't
realize what this class does. They don't notice that we test the waters that
some kids play in and keep data on the fish. The people who are volunteers are
really the good people they are taking their time out of there day just to help
us kids and help with the creeks flowing through our town. Apart from stream
keepers there is our beach class. We go out to West and East Elwha Beaches and
do marine debris pick up. We pick up any trash we see and do a 100 meter
cleanup and record the data so we know what's going on across the beaches and
in the water with the marine mammals and birds. We keep the beaches clean of
rusty cans and anything else you could hurt yourself on or kids anyone we make
it pretty safe to walk barefoot. Without this class I wouldn't be able to
graduate and the creeks and beaches would be a lot worse off than they are now.
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