Duwamish Alive! Earth Day volunteer heroes, report #1

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Thanks to Mike Heavey (in photo below) for sharing pics from one of more than half a dozen sites in West Seattle that were part of today’s annual Duwamish Alive! Earth Day work parties – he was one of 15 volunteers at Roxhill Bog, the restored natural area on the east side of Roxhill Park, across SW Barton from Westwood Village. Mike reports, “Under the direction of park steward, Scott Blackstock, the group of 15 people removed invasive, non-native species (mostly dandelions and some geranium).”

This year marks a decade since the peat bog – buried more than 30 years – was unearthed, so that restoration could begin. Meantime, photojournalist Cliff DesPeaux covered two other Duwamish Alive! work parties for WSB and we’ll have a second report with his images later on.

betty white April 17, 2010 (4:30 pm)

It is funny that most volunteers go to Pigeon Point but it is nice to see candidates like Mike Heavy Jr out in our local communities getting dirty.

WSB April 17, 2010 (5:47 pm)

On our coverage travels today, we also saw Marcee Stone and “Mac” McElroy, both at the South Park Bridge protest. And we saw County Councilmember Jan Drago and City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw at the kayaking leg of the Duwamish Alive! cleanup effort. Doesn’t mean others weren’t out and about elsewhere, those just happened to be the ones we saw; Mike’s the only one who sent us photos of what he was up to, so far (as noted in the story, we have more coverage, from both the river and from Pigeon Point, separate story in the works) – TR

Marcee Stone April 17, 2010 (6:09 pm)

After doing clean up at Seacrest Park, my team went to the South Park Bridge protest. Looks like you all missed the actual chain itself, which was more impressive than the video shown. Folks had started leaving by that time. Another cool thing was the kayaks down below that formed a chain across the river too. I have a few photos on my FB page. Great day!