The first Squad of summer arrived in true Juneuary fashion with aggressive mist. We did not swim sadly, but the temperatures were warm, and the atmospheric beauty appeasing, which largely compensated for the wet clothing due to wading through 6’ high noxious reed canary grass to find native plants to rescue with mulch rings.
The Green Burien Partnership hosted us right on Puget Sound at Seahurst Beach Park where we mulched and weeded the native riparian and shoreline plantings. Community restoration is a vital part of ecosystem health, particularly in the urban environment where threatened species like Chinook salmon and the orcas who eat them need our help more than ever. The Puget Sound Partnership has outlined indicators of ecosystem health vital signs to monitor, click on their links for more information.
