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June
Grace Cole Work Party
June 30th
July
Park Volunteer Work Parties
July 14th
Fly Fishing & Restoration Event
July 14th
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| LFP Stewardship Foundation Board Members |
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Mamie Bolender,
Co-President Kim Josund,
Co-President Linda Holman,
Vice President / Community Outreach
Jean Reid,
Secretary / Treasurer
Jim Halliday
Doug Hennick
Karin McGinn
Doug Mitchell
Dale Sanderson
Yuichi Shoda
Jack Tonkin
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| Congratulations to
Mamie Bolender
LFP's Outstanding Citizen Environmentalist!
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Mamie Bolender, one of the founders of the Stewardship Foundation and its current Co-President, has been a tireless volunteer for Lake Forest Park's environment for over fifty years, particularly in efforts to preserve and restore riparian habitat throughout the city. Mamie was among the citizens who first banded together to save the wetlands that are now Grace Cole Nature Park, and continues to focus her energies on improving and preserving Grace Cole. She has spent long hours writing and administering many large and small grants for preservation, riparian restoration and environmental education in our community. | Mamie receives her award from Mayor Goss at the
City Council Meeting on June 14th. |
Mamie works hard to be an informed pursuer of her restoration goals, committing herself to a lifetime of learning by attending numerous courses including Land and Water Steward, Native Plant Steward (Washington Native Plant Society), Habitat Steward (National Wildlife Federation), Amphibian Egg Monitoring (WA Department of Fish & Wildlife). She has also attended innumerable workshops about all aspects of streams, toxins, plants, and animals, the creation of Rain Gardens and is among the few trained and certified on Knotweed Inoculation by King County. Go to a local (or even regional) meeting about the environment, and there is a good chance you will find Mamie there!Mamie has been involved with numerous environmental and community groups and efforts, including StreamKeepers, the Lake Forest Park Tree Inventory, the Grace Cole Wetland Advisory Task Force, Adopt-a-Stream, NWF's Community Wildlife Habitats, Friends of the Cedar River Watershed and Volunteers for Outdoor Washington. She regularly volunteers at environmental outreach events such as Lake Forest Park's Green Fair and the Secret Gardens Tour, including creating educational displays, and has helped neighboring community groups in Kenmore and Shoreline with their environmental issues. She has been a constant advocate for environmental issues through testimony and comments at LFP City Council meetings and other public comment sessions. She has consulted on the creation of walking trails throughout the city. She has worked to promote high school student volunteerism in the parks, including mentoring a Shorecrest Senior's trailbuilding project in Grace Cole Nature Park. Mamie has also been a constant supporter of Salmon in the Schools, and was involved with sending students to the North Cascades Institute summer leadership camps.
In coordinating work parties at Grace Cole Nature Park, Mamie truly "does it all" -- from sending out the work party announcements, to calling volunteers, setting up signs, bringing snacks (often made by her), creating sign-in sheets and displays, picking up and returning the needed tools, procuring all the needed materials, ordering replacement plants, coordinating with City Public Works to haul away the pulled invasives, and working beside the volunteers pulling weeds and building trails. It is also Mamie who is there on a hot summer day with her watering can, making sure that tender new plants are watered, and she who makes the little wire cages around the new plants to keep them safe. Mamie is truly a treasure and an inspiration to many, and we congratulate her on this well-deserved recognition from the City of Lake Forest Park!
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Information for Streamside Landowners
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The City-funded workshops on May 31st and June 9th were attended by more than 50 local streamside landowners. Streamside owners learned techniques to minimize their own property damage, minimize the impacts they cause to downstream neighbors, and improve salmon habitat. The workshops started with a lesson in watershed science, and included recommendations for citizens to express their interest in streams to their elected officials. Watershed science strongly shows that development (building, paving, landscaping) needs to allow the rainfall received to soak into the soil on site to prevent overflow into our streams, and proves that streams need to be bordered by riparian zones of trees and native plants. The riparian zones not only shade the stream, but also filter out excess nutrients and toxics. As part of the June 9th workshop, the group viewed stream banks on the grounds of the Civic Club and the City's park at the mouth of Lyon Creek, where the instructor explained how stream banks could be managed most effectively. The workshops and field trip were taught by Tom Murdoch, the Director of Adopt-A-Stream Foundation. They were initiated and managed by the City's Environmental Quality Commission, in partnership with LFPSF and LFP StreamKeepers. For more information on how to manage your streamside property, go to: www.streamkeeper.org/aasf/Welcome or contact us at info@lfpsf.org.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
Park Volunteers Keep Our Parks Beautiful!
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Ivy Out Work Party
Please join us for an IVY OUT Work Party on Saturday, June 30th. Meet at Grace Cole Nature Park at 9am and we will go to Perkins Way to work on some trees along McAleer Creek which are heavily encumbered with English ivy. The liberated trees will be most grateful.
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Don't Let Ivy Kill Our Trees!
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Bring water, your own gloves and tools if you like, or use ours. Dress for the weather. If you miss us at 9 o'clock, come find us at Perkins Way.
Finish at 12 noon. Snacks and beverages provided. If you have questions or would like to volunteer, contact Mamie at 206-364-4410.
Horizon View, Animal Acres & Lyon Creek Parks
The Goats Started the Job, your Help Is Needed to Finish!
 Remember Goat Days last year? Those 244 goats made a huge dent in the overgrowth of invasive plants at Horizon View Park. We have since had several volunteer work parties to continue this effort and get the site ready for planting in the fall. We need YOUR HELP.
Please spread the word to friends and neighbors of Horizon View, and come on out and join us on Saturday, July 14th, from 9am to noon.
Park Volunteers will also be working that morning at Animal Acres and Lyon Creek Parks (next door to the Civic Club on the shore of the lake). Volunteers will be weeding, and adding chips and mulch to keep our parks enjoyable to all. Snacks and water will be provided to volunteers.
Contact Linda Holman at 206-362-5541 for details on volunteer needs for each park.
 | Volunteers tackle the overgrowth in Lyon Creek Park
at the June work party. |
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Fly Fishing and Restoration Event
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King County Parks Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area, Renton
Saturday, July 14 from 9:00am-2:30pm
The art and sport of fly fishing requires a knowledge and passion of river ecology and proactive conservation. Join Friends of the Cedar River Watershed and King County Parks for a volunteer restoration project followed by FREE fly fishing workshops and lessons for all skill levels, and delicious lunch of sustainably-sourced smoked salmon, sandwiches, and salads at the Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area on the Cedar River.
For more information, please go to:
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STAY INFORMED:
Proposed Flood Bypass Project
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The City of LFP is currently seeking funding for a major project to address stormwater/flooding impacts on lower Lyon Creek. The proposal is to build a diversion bypass pipe under Ballinger Way with outflow into the streambed at the Civic Club/Lyon Creek Waterfront Park.
The Stewardship Foundation has not endorsed nor officially challenged the Bypass proposal.
We urge LFP citizens to be informed and ready with comments during public process opportunities ahead.
For more information, see the announcement on the City website under Public Works, Flood Reduction Projects at: |
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Thank you for your support!
For more information about the LFPSF,
please visit our website:
www.lfpsf.org
And LIKE us on Facebook!
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