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SUMMARY:Earth Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Earth Day @ Edgewater Park \nNow is the time to celebrate the earth by doing some good work! This year’s Earth Day Celebration will be at Edgewater Park in downtown Mount Vernon.  \nWe will be improving a walking path along the Skagit River which will help keep foot traffic away from a 3 year old restoration site as well as provide a better way to access the park to residents. Don’t know how to do any trail maintenance? No problem! We will have well-trained staff to help you along the way.  \nInvasive plant species have wreaked havoc on the park for a very long time. Invasive species are very good at taking over areas by pushing out our native plants. They do not\, however\, have any good impacts on our salmon habitat and need to go. We will be removing English Ivy\, which is can actually be fun to remove when you roll it up into a burrito. Ivy specifically can take over trees\, preventing them to get as much sunlight as they need as well as acting like a sail in the wind\, causing trees to fall easier in storms.  \nEveryone who attends our Earth Day Celebration will receive one raffle ticket and a reusable grocery bag. We will be selling raffle tickets as well if you want a better chance of winning (must be present to win). This year we have great prizes from various businesses and organizations. \nThe prizes are: \nWhale Watching tickets for two from Island Adventures  \nGift card to Vital Choice Seafood \nGirl Scout Cookies from Girl Scouts of Western Washington  \nGift Card to Max Dale’s Steak and Chop \nMosquito-repelling shirts from the Mount Vernon Parks Foundation  \nWe will have organizations dedicated to environmental stewardship and education at the event with informational booths that will have a STEM activity\, great for all ages! \nBooths: \nSkagit County Noxious Weed Control Board \nMount Vernon Parks Department \nSkagit Conservation District \nOrca Network \nPacific Biodiversity Institute \nGrowing Veterans \nPuget Sound Energy \nGirl Scouts of Western Washington  \nFidalgo Fly Fishers \nViva Farms \nSwinomish Casino and Lodge \nSkagit Fisheries Enhancement Group \n  \nNot only will we have fun informational booths\, but we will also have a couple of sessions for anyone to attend. \n  \nNative Plant Walk: Want to find out about the native plants in YOUR area? Our knowledgeable Riparian Restoration Coordinator\, Kelsey Taylor\, will be leading an easy guided walking tour about of the native plants around Edgewater Park! We’re hopeful that the plants will be in better bloom so that she can talk more about their foraging uses. Either way\, this will be a fun and interactive tour! \nFish Seining: What is fish seining you ask? It is a way of fishing that uses a large net to pull in large quantities of fish. We will be using a much smaller version of a seining net in order to collect data about which type of fish utilize the slough. This is a great opportunity to get up close and personal with all different types of fish! Most salmon that will be found will be in a juvenile stage and so they won’t be full grown.  \nNon Native plant walk: Similar to the Native Plant walk\, this guided tour will be centered around the non native plants that inhabit this area. This guided tour will give you a good understanding about the interactions between native and non native plants. Joseph Shea from the Skagit County noxious Weed Control Board will be leading this tour.  \n  \nAs always\, we will have coffee and light refreshments for our volunteers including gloves and all other tools necessary tools needed to do the job. Lunch has been graciously donated to us from the Swinomish Casino and Lodge\, which will be serving boxed lunches.  \n  \nWe wanted to thank our partners for this event: \nMount Vernon Parks Foundation \nMount Vernon Parks Department \n Swinomish Casino and Lodge \n  \nAs well as our Sponsors for this event:
URL:https://www.skagitfisheries.org/event/earth-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Edgewater Park\, 600 Behrens Millett Rd\, Mount Vernon\, WA\, 98273\, United States
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