Cedar River Watershed News 
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Cedar River Salmon Journey Success!

You can see multiple salmon spawning in the river above. Visit us next year to see them in person.

The Cedar River Salmon Journey celebrated its best year yet, serving more than 8000 visitors with the help of 100 amazing naturalists.

This season also held record numbers of returning sockeye salmon, the highest count at the Ballard locks in 7 years, allowing visitors to learn first-hand about the remarkable journey salmon make each year to the Cedar River.

We are thankful for the tremendous success of this season and hope to see you all out at the river next year!

 

Why Plant in the Fall?

 

Right now volunteers are planting at sites cleared this year.
 

Fall is an excellent time to plant native trees and shrubs! It's the beginning of dormant season, which means deciduous plants aren't actively growing and will undergo less shock from transplanting.  

 

It's also typically wet and rainy, reducing stress and giving plants time to get settled in their new home. Roots are able to begin developing and spreading so that the plants are ready to take off and grow in the spring when growing season begins.  

 

Plant a tree, build a forest! Join us this planting season and help us get thousands of native trees and shrubs planted to improve local habitat!

The Holidays are Coming!

  

The beautiful Cedar River still awes covered in snow

 

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November 2013
Monitoring Regrowth
In This Issue
Salmon Journey Success!
Why Plant in the Fall?
The Holidays are Coming!
Rebecca's Farewell

Calendar of Events
CRSJ at VHR

Planting at Taylor Mountain Forest

Nov 9 ~ 10:00am - 2:00pm
Hobart

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Community Planting Along Lake Washington

Nov 16 ~ 10:00am - 2:00pm
Yarrow Point 

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Planting along Lake Washington

Nov 23 ~ 10:00am - 2:00pm
Seattle

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Community Planting at Wetherill Nature Preserve

Dec 7 ~ 10:00am - 2:00pm
Hunts/Yarrow Point 

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Rebecca's Farewell

Four years ago I joined the staff of The Friends as their first dedicated Outreach Manager because after many years working as an environmental advocate I had lost touch with the elemental reasons I did the work. The experience has forever altered my sense of community and grounded me in my home watershed.

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