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Red Marker Healthy Planting for Puget Sound
a recycling extravaganza as part of the annual Master Gardener Plant Sale

Bring your empty (and clean if possible) plastic plant pots of all kinds and empty soil sacks. Alternatively, if you are looking for sources of these types of materials –stop by and get some for free!  All three organizations will have resources on hand, to promote best gardening practices, home composting, recycling tips and more!

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Red Marker Lake Union and Portage Bay Sweep
Join Puget Soundkeeper Alliance for the 6th annual Lake Union and Portage Bay Sweep.

Come join Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and 25 participating organizations for the 6th annual Lake Union and Portage Bay Sweep. Volunteers in kayaks and boats will patrol the shorelines and scoop up trash and debris while volunteers on shore pick up litter and work on shoreline restoration. Free use of rental kayaks and space aboard skippered boats while availability lasts.

Please RSVP to ensure placement: volunteer@pugetsoundkeeper.org or 206-297-7002.

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Red Marker “Healthy Farms, Healthy Sound” Forum
Celebrate the Skagit growing season and learn about local foods that will be available throughout the summer months and how eating locally is helping the health of Puget Sound!

 

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Red Marker “Storming the South Sound” Educators Workshop
People For Puget Sound brings together teachers, home-school parents, environmental service clubs, and environmental education organizations and other interested groups to spend the day sharing best education and science practices, resources and program information.

 

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Red Marker Penn Cove Water Festival
Visit People For Puget Sound’s exhibit at this annual event that celebrates the water of Penn Cove.

 

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Red Marker Duwamish Estuary Restoration
Join us at an urban green oasis to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and bindweed that threaten to overtake native plants.

 

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Red Marker Scandia native oyster enhancement
Citizen science: two days of monitoring a native oyster restoration project in a beautiful setting

Be a citizen scientist and learn how the pros restore and monitor native oysters in Puget Sound.

Two different days to choose from. Come for one or both!

RSVP requested by May 15th.

The Puget Sound Restoration Fund has been working with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, who owns tidelands in Liberty Bay near Poulsbo, and many other partners (NOAA, TNC, US Navy, Tribes) to enhance native oyster stocks in the tidelands around Poulsbo. They have completed sucessful habitat enhancement projects there every year since 2005! 

They monitor their enhancement projects with seasonal surveys to check progress.

This 2-day survey in May will be looking comparitively at the native oyster populations in 3 of these project areas. Come out and do some marine science in the mud with us! No special expertise required, just a keen eye. 

You'll meet at the Poulsbo Marina parking lot at 10am and take a short boat ride across to Scandia.

PLEASE NOTE: This is hands and knees on the beach.  Lots of oyster shell and muddy sand.

 

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Red Marker Shrimpfest
The Brinnon ShrimpFest is a weekend festival celebrating Hood Canal Spot Shrimp and other local seafood.
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Red Marker North Sound Saturday Restoration
Get muddy, make friends, do good.

 

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Red Marker Duwamish Estuary Restoration
Join us at an urban green oasis to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and bindweed that threaten to overtake native plants.

 

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Red Marker Adventuress Sail- Olympia
Join the schooner Adventuress for an environmental sailing voyage on Puget Sound.

Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage on Puget Sound.

All ages are welcome to come aboard and help set the sails, take the helm, sing a chantey, and learn about our unique watershed. No experience is needed.

Visit our website at www.soundexp.org to register, or call our office at 360-379-0438.

Note: Members of Sound Experience sail for free!

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Red Marker Wet Wednesday Restoration
Get muddy, work hard, feel good.

The restoration site in Mud Bay west of Olympia is on private land owned by Marjorie Randall and was given in 2002 to the Capitol Land Trust in a permanent conservation easement. Marjorie is a long time resident of Mud Bay who courageously wanted to protect and restore this beautiful property forever.

The site encompasses seven acres of salt marsh, mudflat and upland in the transition area between the McLane estuary and the broader expanse of Mud Bay.  This salt marsh and mudflat habitat, which is adjacent to other protected sites, is critical for juvenile salmon and a wide diversity of birds.  A joint Capitol Land Trust and People For Puget Sound project removed 192 feet of old tires used to armor the salt marsh shore and planted two acres of upland vegetation.  Long term stewardship of the site, eventual removal of the remaining buildings and restoration of the remaining shoreline will complete restoration of this site.

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Red Marker Citizen Soundkeeper Training
Citizen Soundkeeper Training: Learn what you can do to protect and restore the beauty of Puget Sound!

Citizen Task Force Training

Join the Stilly Sno Task Force and Puget Soundkeeper Alliance to learn more about what you can do to protect and preserve the beauty of Puget Sound!  This event will consist of training performed by Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and will include a lovely walk along the Everett waterfront. 

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Red Marker Vashon-Maury Island Low Tide Celebration
Celebrate the seastars in the tidepools, walk the ancient geology of the shoreline, and listen to the magic of native storytellers.

Celebrate the seastars in the tidepools, walk the ancient geology of the shoreline, and listen to the magic of native storytellers.  Welcome the beach landing of the Blue Heron Native Paddlers boat.  Beach naturalists, lighthouse keepers and native plants experts will be on hand to applaud the stunning richness of the Puget Sound shoreline. 

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Red Marker 10th Annual Skagit Dig Day
Join us at the 10th Annual Skagit Spartina Dig Day at beautiful Turner's Bay near Anacortes in Skagit County.

Join us at the 10th Annual Skagit Spartina Dig Day at beautiful Turner's Bay near Anacortes in Skagit County.  Volunteers will be helping restore the estuary by digging up invasive Spartina grass from the shoreline and learning about the bounty and beauty

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Red Marker South Sound Saturday Restoration
Get muddy, work hard, feel good.

 

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Red Marker 10th Annual Skagit Spartina Dig Day
Make Turner's Bay a Spartina Free Zone. This is the premier MudUp event for restoration thrill seekers: something you can really get muddy for and have a great time digging those little and big buggers out of the mud.

This is the premier MudUp event for restoration thrill seekers: something you can really get muddy for and have a great time digging those little and big buggers out of the mud.

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Red Marker Vashon-Maury Island Low Tide Celebration
Celebrate the seastars in the tidepools, walk the ancient geology of the shoreline, and listen to the magic of native storytellers.

People For Puget Sound is preparing to host the 3rd annual Vashon Lowtide Celebration at Pt. Robinson on Maury Island along with Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, Washington Scuba Alliance, and numerous island organizations, including Vashon-Maury Island Audubon, Vashon Park District, and the Keepers of Point Robinson.  The celebration’s last 2 years have seen 200-300 folks, including many families with children, come to Pt. Robinson to explore the intertidal marine life at lowtide with expert beach naturalist guides, listen to speakers and storytellers about life on the shorelines, and tour the working lighthouse.  During last year’s 2007 celebration, over 200 people signed pledges to treat the beach animals with care and respect.  Kathryn True’s Lorax Club junior members had children teaching beach etiquette to other children visiting the tidepools.  Beach enjoyment and conservation will continue to be the focus of this year’s celebration, which will also feature the beach arrival of the Blue Heron Native Paddlers crew followed by traditional welcome ceremony and song, as well as native storytelling with Leslie Creed.

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Red Marker North Sound Fundraiser
Fundraiser celebrating People For Puget Sound's work in the north Sound.

Details to be announced

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Red Marker Duwamish Estuary Restoration
Join us at an urban green oasis to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and bindweed that threaten to overtake native plants.

 

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Red Marker Adventuress Sail- Bellingham
Join the schooner Adventuress in Bellingham for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage on Puget Sound.

Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage on Puget Sound.

All ages are welcome to come aboard and help set the sails, take the helm, sing a chantey, and learn about our unique watershed. No experience is needed.

Visit our website at www.soundexp.org to register, or call our office at 360-379-0438.

Note: Members of Sound Experience sail for free!

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Red Marker Adventuress Sail- Bellingham
Join the schooner Adventuress in Bellingham for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage on Puget Sound.

Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage on Puget Sound.

All ages are welcome to come aboard and help set the sails, take the helm, sing a chantey, and learn about our unique watershed. No experience is needed.

Visit our website at www.soundexp.org to register, or call our office at 360-379-0438.

Note: Members of Sound Experience sail for free!

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Red Marker “Healthy Farms, Healthy Sound” Forum
Learn about how YOU can eat locally throughout the spring and summer months and how food choices have an impact on maintaining a healthy Puget Sound.

The peak growing season for fruits and vegetables in Skagit County is almost here –are you prepared?  Learn about how YOU can eat locally throughout the spring and summer months and how food choices have an impact on maintaining a healthy Puget Sound.  

Carol Havens, with the Skagit River Salish Sea Slow Food Convivium will lead a discussion highlighting the challenges and benefits to incorporating foods grown within the Skagit Watershed into a “local foodplan. Once we know what we are eating, where it is from, and something about how it is grown, or by whom, a whole new list of questions and thoughts come to mind!  Enjoy Chef Sean Gervais’s delicious “Skagit Soup” while being a part of this conversation!

This is a free series that will be taking place on a bi-monthly basis. Please RSVP so we know how much soup to make.

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Red Marker Maury Island Shoreline Restoration
Help support a restored shoreline by weeding around native plantings.

 

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Red Marker North Sound Saturday Restoration
Get muddy, make friends, do good.

 

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Red Marker Celebrate Life at Low Tide
enjoy learning “Best Beach Behavior,” explore with a beach naturalist guide, and save a life on the beach

The low tides of late spring reveal the living beach, our Puget Sound treasure.  On this summer solstice, the longest day of the year, enjoy learning “Best Beach Behavior,” explore with a beach naturalist guide, and save a life on the beach.  Learn how you can make a difference.  Displays, guided walks, crafts, touch tanks, stories and gyotaku or fish printing. 

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Red Marker Celebrate Life at Low Tide
At Carkeek Park in Seattle, the low tides of late spring reveal the living beach, our Puget Sound treasure.

People For Puget Sound is planning a “Celebrate Life at Low Tide” event on the first Saturday following the end of the school year – the summer solstice of June 21st – at Carkeek Park in Seattle in conjunction with naturalists from Carkeek Park and the Aquarium’s Beach Naturalist program. 

We’ll engage visitors to the beach with materials and activities
that help adults and children learn about identifying the most commonly encountered beach animals, Best Beach Behavior (or beach etiquette), and the impact of toxins in the environment on our marine resources and how citizens can change their lifestyles to reduce toxins impacts on the shorelines.  Our presentation will act as a gateway for folks to then explore the shorelines with Beach Naturalist guides..

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Red Marker Orca Sing! 2008
Fred West, the City Cantabile Choir, and maybe the whales celebrate.

 

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Red Marker Wet Wednesday Monitoring/Training
Do something, learn something, feel good.

The restoration site in Mud Bay west of Olympia is on private land owned by Marjorie Randall and was given in 2002 to the Capitol Land Trust in a permanent conservation easement. Marjorie is a long time resident of Mud Bay who courageously wanted to protect and restore this beautiful property forever.

The site encompasses seven acres of salt marsh, mudflat and upland in the transition area between the McLane estuary and the broader expanse of Mud Bay.  This salt marsh and mudflat habitat, which is adjacent to other protected sites, is critical for juvenile salmon and a wide diversity of birds.  A joint Capitol Land Trust and People For Puget Sound project removed 192 feet of old tires used to armor the salt marsh shore and planted two acres of upland vegetation.  Long term stewardship of the site, eventual removal of the remaining buildings and restoration of the remaining shoreline will complete restoration of this site.

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Red Marker Summer Fun on the Shoreline
Celebrate Independence Day with a picnic in the park and a tidepool exploration on the beach

Celebrate Independence Day with a picnic in the park and a tidepool exploration on the beach.  Both children and adults can learn about the most common beach creatures, how to treat them with care, and how you can keep shorelines healthy.  Explore the beach with naturalist guides. 

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Red Marker Jetty Island Kids Day
Jetty Island opening day Sandblast will include kids programs and a work party.

Jetty Island opening day Sandblast will include kids
programs and a work party. The flag raising ceremony will begin at 11:30 followed by a hunt for treasure buried in the Jetty Island sand and other kids activities throughout the day.

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Red Marker Vegetation Monitoring Training for Volunteers
Learn an essential technique for tracking restoration progress.

 

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Red Marker Brilliant Colors of the Beach
discover the fascinating colors and strange shapes of the animals that live at the edge of Puget Sound

After the fireworks of the night before, come to the shoreline at low tide to discover the fascinating colors and strange shapes of the animals that live at the edge of Puget Sound.  Beach naturalist guides will share stories of the animals and help you touch them gently. 

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Red Marker Adventuress Sail- Friday Harbor
Join Sound Experience for a sailing excursion on Puget Sound.
Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage in the San Juan Islands.

 

 All ages are welcome to come aboard and help set the sails, take the helm, sing a chantey, and learn about our unique watershed. No experience is needed.

Visit our website at www.soundexp.org to register, or call our office at 360-379-0438.

Note: Members of Sound Experience sail for free!
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Red Marker Master Gardener Plant Sale, Recycled Plant Container Extravaganza
Bring your plant containers for recycling!

The Skagit Valley Foods Co-op in Mt Venron is hosting their 35th Anniversary Party in July, in the parking lot area, and inside the store. 

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Red Marker South Sound Saturday Restoration
Get muddy, work hard, do good, feel good.

 

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Red Marker Adventuress Sail- Friday Harbor
Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage in the San Juan Islands.

Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage in the San Juan Islands.

All ages are welcome to come aboard and help set the sails, take the helm, sing a chantey, and learn about our unique watershed. No experience is needed.

Visit our website at www.soundexp.org to register, or call our office at 360-379-0438.

Note: Members of Sound Experience sail for free!

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Red Marker Wet Wednesday Restoration
Get muddy, work hard, do good, feel good.

 

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Red Marker 4th Annual Duwamish River Festival
The Duwamish River Festival will celebrate it's 4th annual event.
Join us at the Duwamish River Festival, a free family-friendly environmental celebration.

 

 

The Duwamish River Festival features updates on the Lower Duwamish Superfund toxic cleanup, kayak tours, live entertainment, children's activities, water taxi rides, food, health information, natural yard care tips, Bert the Salmon, and more!
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Red Marker Adventuress Sail- Friday Harbor
Join Sound Experience for a sailing excursion on Puget Sound.

Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage in the San Juan Islands.

All ages are welcome to come aboard and help set the sails, take the helm, sing a chantey, and learn about our unique watershed. No experience is needed.

Visit our website at www.soundexp.org to register, or call our office at 360-379-0438.

Note: Members of Sound Experience sail for free!

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Red Marker Duwamish Estuary Restoration
Join us at an urban green oasis to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and bindweed that threaten to overtake native plants

 

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Red Marker Adventuress Sail- Kirkland
Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage starting in Kirkland.
Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage on Puget Sound.

 
All ages are welcome to come aboard and help set the sails, take the helm, sing a chantey, and learn about our unique watershed. No experience is needed.

Visit our website at www.soundexp.org to register, or call our office at 360-379-0438.

Note: Members of Sound Experience sail for free!

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Red Marker Adventuress Sail--Everett
Join the schooner Adventuress for a unique sailing experience around Puget Sound.
Join the schooner Adventuress for a 3-hour environmental sailing voyage on Puget Sound!

 
All ages are welcome to come aboard and help set the sails, take the helm, sing a chantey, and learn about our unique watershed.

No experience is needed. Visit our website at www.soundexp.org to register, or call our office at 360-379-0438.

 Note: Members of Sound Experience sail for free!

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Healthy Planting for Puget Sound (WSU Discovery Gardens, 16650 SR 536, Mount Vernon, from May 09, 2008 10:00 AM to May 10, 2008 02:00 PM)
a recycling extravaganza as part of the annual Master Gardener Plant Sale
Lake Union and Portage Bay Sweep (Lake Union Park, from May 10, 2008 09:00 AM to May 10, 2008 01:00 PM)
Join Puget Soundkeeper Alliance for the 6th annual Lake Union and Portage Bay Sweep.
“Healthy Farms, Healthy Sound” Forum (Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S 1st Street, Mount Vernon, from May 15, 2008 07:00 PM to May 15, 2008 09:00 PM)
Celebrate the Skagit growing season and learn about local foods that will be available throughout the summer months and how eating locally is helping the health of Puget Sound!
“Storming the South Sound” Educators Workshop (Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, from May 17, 2008 09:00 AM to May 17, 2008 04:00 PM)
People For Puget Sound brings together teachers, home-school parents, environmental service clubs, and environmental education organizations and other interested groups to spend the day sharing best education and science practices, resources and program information.
Penn Cove Water Festival (Coupeville, from May 17, 2008 09:00 AM to May 17, 2008 04:00 PM)
Visit People For Puget Sound’s exhibit at this annual event that celebrates the water of Penn Cove.
Duwamish Estuary Restoration (Duwamish River site TBA, from May 17, 2008 10:00 AM to May 17, 2008 02:00 PM)
Join us at an urban green oasis to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and bindweed that threaten to overtake native plants.
Scandia native oyster enhancement (Poulsbo Marina, from May 21, 2008 10:00 AM to May 22, 2008 03:00 PM)
Citizen science: two days of monitoring a native oyster restoration project in a beautiful setting
Shrimpfest (Brinnon, WA, from May 24, 2008 10:00 AM to May 25, 2008 05:00 PM)
The Brinnon ShrimpFest is a weekend festival celebrating Hood Canal Spot Shrimp and other local seafood.
North Sound Saturday Restoration (Snohmish County site TBA, from May 24, 2008 10:00 AM to May 24, 2008 02:00 PM)
Get muddy, make friends, do good.
Duwamish Estuary Restoration (Duwamish River site TBA, from May 24, 2008 10:00 AM to May 24, 2008 02:00 PM)
Join us at an urban green oasis to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and bindweed that threaten to overtake native plants.
Adventuress Sail- Olympia (Olympia, from May 31, 2008 01:00 PM to May 31, 2008 04:00 PM)
Join the schooner Adventuress for an environmental sailing voyage on Puget Sound.
Wet Wednesday Restoration (Mud Bay Randall Point, Olympia, from Jun 04, 2008 10:00 AM to Jun 04, 2008 02:00 PM)
Get muddy, work hard, feel good.
Citizen Soundkeeper Training (Everett, from Jun 04, 2008 06:00 PM to Jun 04, 2008 09:00 PM)
Citizen Soundkeeper Training: Learn what you can do to protect and restore the beauty of Puget Sound!
Vashon-Maury Island Low Tide Celebration (Pt. Robinson, Maury Island, from Jun 07, 2008 10:00 AM to Jun 07, 2008 03:30 PM)
Celebrate the seastars in the tidepools, walk the ancient geology of the shoreline, and listen to the magic of native storytellers.
10th Annual Skagit Dig Day (Turner's Bay, Skagit County, from Jun 07, 2008 10:00 AM to Jun 07, 2008 02:00 PM)
Join us at the 10th Annual Skagit Spartina Dig Day at beautiful Turner's Bay near Anacortes in Skagit County.
South Sound Saturday Restoration (Titlow Park Lagoon, Tacoma, from Jun 07, 2008 10:00 AM to Jun 07, 2008 02:00 PM)
Get muddy, work hard, feel good.
10th Annual Skagit Spartina Dig Day (Turner's Bay, Skagit County, from Jun 07, 2008 10:00 AM to Jun 07, 2008 02:00 PM)
Make Turner's Bay a Spartina Free Zone. This is the premier MudUp event for restoration thrill seekers: something you can really get muddy for and have a great time digging those little and big buggers out of the mud.
Vashon-Maury Island Low Tide Celebration (Pt. Robinson, Maury Island, from Jun 07, 2008 11:00 AM to Jun 07, 2008 04:00 PM)
Celebrate the seastars in the tidepools, walk the ancient geology of the shoreline, and listen to the magic of native storytellers.
North Sound Fundraiser (Squalicum Boathouse, Bellingham, from Jun 08, 2008 02:00 AM to Jun 08, 2008 05:00 PM)
Fundraiser celebrating People For Puget Sound's work in the north Sound.
Duwamish Estuary Restoration ( Duwamish River site TBA, from Jun 14, 2008 10:00 AM to Jun 14, 2008 02:00 PM)
Join us at an urban green oasis to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and bindweed that threaten to overtake native plants.
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Don't see the activity you're looking for? Create your own! If you've got an idea for a MudUp activity, or if you know about an activity or event in your area that you'd like to include in the MudUp calendar, just drop us a line at ideas@mudup.org. MudUp is a grassroots effort, so we encourage you to share the mud! We'd love to feature your local activities — the more, the muddier! And if you'd like the Mud Monster to attend your event, please let us know. One never knows where he'll show up, but we'll do our best to send him in the right direction.