"The Best Event I Have Ever Attended"

At the end of the day the most often spoken words were, "Thank You".

The UWREN Team and FNCF are grateful for the huge turnout. But the words "Thank you," were coming from the volunteers faster than we could offer them to the volunteers.

"This was the best event I ever attended." Sarah Witte could not stop grinning. She may be our Volunteer Coordinator but with 12 years of volunteer work on all kinds of restoration sites she can make informed comparisons.

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We packed this 40 cubic yard dumpster full in 4 hours.

Again: Thank you Waste Management Inc. for your generous donation. ..

... and the Rose Foundation for the grant that enables much of our stewardship effort.

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Some students from UW Seattle arrived in 3 Yellow Cabs. That was a first. When they start showing up in limos we will publish our hamburger recipe :)

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Community member John Pearson has bee on every event in 2013. John, you are a big  part of this team.

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Rick and Ruth OBrien are from the Summit neighborhood and are becoming regulars at our forest events. Besides spontaneously running to the store when food got low they are enthusiastic about everything students are doing. Thank you Rick and Ruth.

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Cutting canes, digging roots,planting trees. with your friends. What better way to spend a spring Saturday?

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Oh boy we ate well.

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Each blackberry root must be excavated.

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Filling a dumpster one arm load at a time until.

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40 cubic yards a little at a time

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Artist/photographer Teppei Sato next to his "Door to Nature".

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UWREN Team members Jody Johnson and Duncan Medlin arranging plants according to a design based on best science.

In the end it is about creating the richest natural wildlife habitat possible.

See Friends of North Creek Forest on Facebook for more photos.

Thank you all!
FNCF

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