http://www.roxhillbog.org/

February 24th 2001 Planting Event and Interpretive Tour

With the help of about 45 volunteers, we planted about 1,000 additional shrubs and trees on February 24th in less than 3 hours, and had time left to spend walking the site on our first official interpretive tour.

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About the Roxhill Park wetlands reclamation project:

Roxhill Park, at the headwaters of Longfellow Creek, is in the midst of an incredible rebirth. In September 2000, lawn and fill was removed from a portion of the park to reveal a unique peat bogthat had been buried since the late 1960's. In the autumn of 2000 and early 2001, volunteers planted over 20,000 native plants in the peat bog and surrounding uplands. The community- initiated planting of this area will help restore a natural habitat and create a new educational resource. Instead of soggy grass, the park will become a place for people to go for relaxing walks, enhance their bird-watching skills, or just sit on a bench and enjoy the scenery. The restoration of the wetland will improve water quality and steady water flow to Longfellow Creek, enhancing the Creek and improving Salmon habitat.

Roxhill Park is located at 29th Avenue SW and SW Barton Street, across from Westwood Town Center in West Seattle.

For more information... contact us
Website: www.roxhillbog.org or www.westwood-neighborhood.org
Phone: Gary Sink at (206) 937-1971 or Mary Quackenbush at (206) 938-1318
Email: info@roxhillbog.org

Photos by Rachel Braun

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