The Salish Seals joined the Dragonflies and two Boys Explorers groups at their adopted service site along Connelly Creek. The BEC have put in years of good hard work here, and for the first time in recent memory saw salmon come up the stream past this site this fall! That's measurable and inspiring progress in an severely impacted area that was previously wildly overgrown with invasive plants and dotted with trash. The site has evolved as a result of the many hands and hours spent restoring it for salmon. Woo hoo!The Salish Seals put in their helping hands towards this combined effort to improve this place for all inhabitants and applied their impressive strength and will towards learning new skills (cribbing?) and being the mulch-moving monsters they know how to be.
Is there a giant hill of mulch? Bam! We got it, just show us where and how deep you want it. Is it raining? Meh. don't care. We've got work to do. These kiddos are motivated by service projects with defined goals, and put in some solid heavy work regardless of the weather today. Their work ethic, strength, teamwork and cheery dispositions were noticed (and enjoyed) by the BEC mentors!
And after we worked hard, we played hard! Not sure how many rounds of poison dart frog ensued, but the dramatic ends were hilarious!
Words of the day: Mulch monsters, water, salmon!
Here's the link to the Boys Explorers Blog, which can lead you to the history of this special site. And here's the link to our photo album from the day.
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