Skagit Trail Builders

Thank You, Mount Vernon’s Wellness Committee

The Wellness Committee was one of our best groups in 2010. Their large group showed up early, worked hard, and stayed most of the day. In one session they amassed enough volunteer hours to finish third in our group competition. We sincerely hope they join us again in 2011.

Join us this Saturday January, 22

Friends, followers and trail builders, This Saturday we’ll finish the top half of La-Z-Boy. We’re rerouting a section, doing drainage work, and capping the upper half of the trail with crushed rock. So we’ll be moving lots of rock with wheelbarrows. We need all the help we can get. We’ll also be finishing up theContinue reading “Join us this Saturday January, 22”

Earth clubs plant native plants on Little Mountain

Last session the Burlington-Edison and Mount Vernon High School Earth Clubs teamed up to plant over three hundred (300) native plants on our upper trail called “Sidewinder”. They did an excellent job and now lead our group competition with the most volunteer hours. Last year’s winning group (Shell Refinery of Anacortes) follows them in second.Continue reading “Earth clubs plant native plants on Little Mountain”