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Friends of Forgotten Creek |
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| Contact | Bob Jackson, bjacksonjmurphy@aol.com |
| Project Location | On Bond St., SW of intersection with Wall St., Everett |
| Planting | 2002 -2008, More Needed |
| Maintenance and Monitoring | Needed This is a community effort to provide access through and restore three acres of steep, city-owned land that Forgotten Creek flows through, near downtown Everett. Cleanup and invasive plant removal began in early 2002. Replanting with native species started later that year. Following a community design process, trail access began in 2004. All of these activities are ongoing. |
| How Stewards can assist | Participate in planting, monitoring, photography, historical and ecological interpretation, trail building, neighbor involvement, fund-raising, etc. |
Snohomish County Native Plant Nursery |
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| Contact | Anna Heckman, Surface Water Management, Snohomish County Public Works |
| Project Location | 131 – 132nd Ave., Lake Stevens |
| Planting | 1998 |
| Maintenance and Monitoring | Needed The Snohomish County Native Plant Nursery serves as a holding facility for plants used by the County at restoration sites. We have about 80 species commonly used in streamside restoration projects (about 35,000 individual plants). Most plant stock consists of "bareroot" plants, bought wholesale from local nurseries, that need to get potted in the winter. A portion of our stock also consists of "salvaged" plants removed from development sites before bulldozers arrive. |
| How Stewards can assist | We welcome help with weeding; potting root-bound plants; inventory control; facility improvements/maintenance; bare root stock potting (in winter); harvest and potting of cuttings and livestakes; propagating wetland sod mats; and lowering capillary bed height. |