Friends of the Forest at the Sandy River Delta Saturday, June 28

 
Dear Ralph:

 
Thank you again for sponsorship of the Jun 28th Friends of the Forest® Day at the Sandy River Delta, and the four others your support is making possible this season. The great spirit and hard labor of the group on June 28th, despite the unseasonable heat of the day, brought the trail 150 feet nearer to completion. The trail, almost entirely built by volunteers over the past three years, will be officially open on August 23rd, 2008. At 4:00 pm that day the public is invited to join in the dedication of the new bird blind designed by architect Maya Lin. It will be sited at the end of the trail, at the confluence of the Sandy and Columbia Rivers.

 
Your support of the Multnomah Falls Day, June 7, and the Balfour-Klickitat Park Day, June 14 was also appreciated by volunteers. Trails were improved, fences installed and fixed to help avoid erosion problems and wetlands used by returning salmon restored. The volunteers you have sustained in these projects joined over 1,200 Friends of the Forest in Oregon and Washington to date. They have:

 

• Built 7,000 feet of new trail
• Planted over 1,100 trees and native shrubs along salmon spawning streams
• Restored 2 historic buildings
• Restored 2 campgrounds, installing 450 bollards and planting vegetation to mark campsites
• Removed over 10,000 pounds of invasive weeds
• Fixed trail erosion problems and installed low fences to keep hikers on the trail
• Picked up litter on the slopes of Mt. Hood
• Saved 90 old growth salmon stream shade trees

Best regards,

Mary Vasse
Director, Northwest Programs