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Yes we go back to work on Bonnie & Clyde’s this coming Saturday, September 13th – our usual time at 10:00 am. We will be meeting at top of Little Mountain Park for this session. We will be working on a switchback that is just below our existing trail Sidewinder. Since the trail is openContinue reading “Join us this Saturday as we continue working on Bonnie & Clydes”

This Saturday will be our last session of the summer. After taking August off we will resume work in September, on 9/13. We hope you’ll put it on your calendar. Our work on Bonnie & Clyde’s is ongoing; we are pleased with our progress. Like last time we will meet at the switchback on LittleContinue reading “Join us for our last trail building session of the summer”

On Sunday 3/2/14 SVC’s Wildland Firefighting Class came out as a ‘featured group’, they were awesome. This was just part of the class, the morning van. They began work on a new connector trail on the south side of Little Mountain. Here’s information on their class. Here you see their crew at work, removing deadfallContinue reading “Skagit Valley College (SVC) ‘Wildland Firefighting Class’”

Last session (on 2/22) you might remember we had some pretty tough weather. Our crew leader Jerry Granahan, while smiling, was probably wondering (I know I was) if our “Featured Group” was going to make it. The short answer was yes. The Sedro-Woolley Boys & Girls Club is pictured here with a handful of ourContinue reading “February 22nd was a productive work party”

You might recall that on our last session, February 8th, we had some cold weather. We had only a few less volunteers than normal, and as always it was a great session. In this photo you’ll see a handful of our regulars, plus a couple new faces. This was one of our two teams; theyContinue reading “Julieann Improvements and Bonnie & Clyde work continues”

On January 25th work on ‘Sidekick’ continued. The weather was much nicer compared to the January 11th session. We had twenty (20) volunteers, two more than the prior session. We’re off to our best start ever, going back to 2009. Pictured are Maggie Sullivan, Lynn Postler and Martin Dubek — our rockers. Here Art TufteeContinue reading “Work on Sidekick progresses”

On an extremely blustery Seahawk Saturday we had seventeen (17) hearty volunteers. Five (5) were Mount Vernon High School students, all members of the National Honors Society. They were a pleasure to work with, and their coordinator, Jake Logue (below, on the right), said they’d be back. The final capping of the Nature Trail isContinue reading “2014 is off to a great start”

On the last trail building session of 2013 we had three featured groups. The Arlington Lakewood Composite Mountain Bike Team joined us once again. The Panorama Ridge Neighborhood group had a great showing. And the Starbuck’s Coffee employees from the Mount Vernon Haggen joined us. In 2013 we logged 2,106 volunteer hours. Thank you everyoneContinue reading “2013 was a great trailbuilding year for MVTB”

Here is one of Leslie’s delicious soup recipes which she delivers to our trail building sessions for lunch. 1 cup jasmine rice ¼ cup wild rice 4 T butter 2 chicken breasts diced ½ inch ½ tsp dried thyme 2 cloves garlic scant ½ tsp coriander 1 medium onion chopped small ¼ c flour 3Continue reading “Leslie’s Creamy Chicken Rice Soup”

On Friday Oct 25th MVTB had a crew from SCORE AmeriCorps / Skagit VISTA join us for a special session. Thank you to their group of volunteers. AmeriCorps is a program of the U.S. federal government engaging adults in intensive community service with the goal of “helping others and meeting critical needs in the community.”Continue reading “Thanks to SCORE AmeriCorps / Skagit VISTA”