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SUMMARY: Event Late-Summer Weeding in Silent Creek Forest (Wednesday Evening)
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Thank you for joining us for Green Snoqualmie's Summer of Service! On Wednesday, 8/26/26, from 7 PM to 9 PM, join a group of community volunteers for habitat restoration at Silent Creek Forest, near Curtis Park in Snoqualmie Ridge! This event will be focused on digging invasive plant species to improve the health of the forest, in preparation for fall planting events.

At the Green Snoqualmie Partnership, we love our forests. Do you love forests, too?! Snoqualmie Ridge was built with forests in mind; the city planners knew residents would love walking the trails, eating berries, and enjoying the cool shade in the hot summer months. Wildlife from spotted towhees to black bears call Snoqualmie's forests home, as do a diversity of beetles, bees, and butterflies. 

With the construction of the Ridge, many forest edges were created, weakening the forest due to the "edge effect". Forests went from shady and moist to windy and sunny in a matter of months. These edges also provided a spot for invasive species to take hold. Weeds like English ivy, Armenian blackberry, and cutleaf blackberry began relentlessly spreading into Snoqualmie Ridge's forests. We can look to forests in Downtown Snoqualmie or Seattle for examples of what will happen if invasive species spread is not stopped quickly enough; blackberries form thickets blocking the growth of native trees, and ivy climbs up and pulls down trees. During the Green Snoqualmie Summer of Service, our aim is to eliminate the invasive blackberries and ivy from the Silent Creek Forest to prevent an enormous future cost--losing the forest entirely.

So why is worth it for you to join restoration projects like this one? If you're a local, you can come back and see the forest you weeded and planted grow and mature for the next several decades. Your children/future generations can grow up in a city with healthy forests, knowing they were protected by people like you who care. You will get to learn more about the local ecology and the plants that grow in the wild here, and you will get to meet like-minded forest advocates. Also, we'll have pizza (for groups larger than five!) and snacks!

Tools, training, and water are provided. This is open to all ages and abilities. Feel free to show up as early as 6 PM, but the event officially starts at 7 PM!
LOCATION:Northwest Slope
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