Saturday April 24th from 9am-12, Friends of the Hylebos in cooperation with the City of Federal Way and with the help of EarthCorps attracted nearly 200 volunteers to Dash Point State Park and Dumas Bay Park to help remove English Ivy in honor of Earth Day!
Volunteers removed a staggering combined total of 43,275 square feet TOTAL at both sites in addition to saving 29 trees with the help of survival rings.
I'd like to thank the City of Federal Way for their support, Mayor Linda Kochmar for coming out and lending a hand, EarthCorps for providing knowledgeable crews to help lead the event, Cindy Hunziker from Trader Joe's for providing water for our hard-working volunteers, Poverty Bay Coffee Company for donating pots of their delicious Hylebos Blend coffee, Bernedine Lund and Teri Lenfest for providing support at Dash Point State Park and of course, our volunteers for their enthusiasm, hard-work and conscientious decision to restore our environment.
Below are some photos from Dumas Bay Park and Dash Point State Park. Enjoy!
Cindy in front of the Trader Joe's table with some cold water for out volunteers!
Mayor Linda Kochmar takes time to thank Friends of the Hylebos, EarthCorps, and volunteers for our work at Dumas Bay Park.
Casey carries a big bundle of Ivy to the tarp as Sarah looks on amazed!
Volunteers remove Ivy by using the "burrito roll" or "carpet roll" technique. A horizontal line is cut into a carpet of Ivy. As volunteers begin to roll the carpet back, another person with loppers can help the removal along by cutting any Ivy vines to free the roll from the soil. This makes it easy to remove contiguous areas of ivy and it's vines.
Taking a break...
Ivy free section at Dash Point State Park. Thanks volunteers!
After the ivy is removed from the ground, volunteers create bundles and throw them on tarps. When these tarps are full they are carried to the green dumpster using teamwork.
The dumpster can get pretty full with removed material. It looks like this one is well on it's way.
The bin gets fuller! The pile is nearly as tall as EarthCorps corpsmember Marcus!
All in a day's work. Thanks again to all of you who came out to volunteer and for all who helped make this year's Earth Day event a success!
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