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MTSG dinner features Middle Fork appeal

The Mountain To Sound Greenway held it’s annual celebration dinner on December 2, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center. As always they presented a series of accomplishments over the year, with the acquisition of land around Valley Camp being of interest here.

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Mountain To Sound Greenway Dinner & Celebration. Photo by MTSG via Twitter


Besides that acknowledgement, each seat had a flyer on it with an appeal for contributions to support needed infrastruction in the Middle Fork valley. Pages from that flyer are reproduced here and it’s available as a PDF file from the MTSG website. If this is a cause you support, please consider donating to the MTSG which does an enormous amount of good work there.
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Middle Fork 101 – Page 1

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Middle Fork 101 – Page 2

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Middle Fork 101 – Page 3


Of course, it was gratifying to see the use of two photos from this website’s author.
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Sunbathers on rock with Garfield Mountain in the background

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Possibly a stump from what may have been Washington’s biggest tree. 42.5′ circumference, 13.5′ diameter

Weed Watcher Training

A room full of new and experienced weed watchers gathered at the North Bend ranger station on Sunday, June 23 for the annual King County noxious weed training program. The goal of this program is to train hikers to spot and report infestations of invasive species on public lands. Catching these areas early is key to preventing their spread, but there are far too many trails for the staff to monitor themselves. This year the Mountaineers joined forces, focusing on invasive species in Washington’s wilderness areas. For new comers, this training can be an overwhelming introduction because one weed looks pretty much the same as the next. However, by the end of the day everyone could probably distinguish a knotweed from a hawkweed. More information is available at the King County and Mountaineers weed watching sites.

Sasha Shaw, King County Noxious Weeds

Sasha Shaw, King County Noxious Weeds

Sasha Shaw, King County Noxious Weeds

The dreaded butteryfly bush


Sarah Callaghan, Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Sarah Callaghan points out an unusually large butterfly bush

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What’s this weed?

National Trails Day on Mailbox Peak

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A MTSG group gathers for work on the new Mailbox trail

This year National Trails Day, June 1, 2013, fell on a beautiful sunny Saturday. Volunteers gathered at many sites to contribute time to celebrate the day, but here we’d like to thank the group that gathered to continue work on the new Mailbox trail.