Mountlake Terrace Lyon Creek Restoration Project
September, October, November 2008

Volunteers Needed to Plant Vegetation
(See Below)

The Lyon Creek Enhancement project is

The project is located just inside the border of MLT at the north end of LFP near the intersection of NE 205 St. and 37th Ave. as shown below:

A photograph of the existing stream bed is shown below:

The project will be done by the August 31st permit deadline. Looking ahead to our planting plan, I would like to propose two sessions of several hours each on a weekend in September and a weekend in October. I am on vacation from September 27th through October 19th, so we will have to work before and after these dates. I would like to look at a morning session either the weekend of September 13-14 or 20-21 and then again on October 25-26 or November 1-2.

The sessions would be evenly split between large and small plants. Our first session would focus on the area along the creek bed and in an area on the east hillside to get roots established as soon as possible before the rains set in.

The second session would be for fill in along the creek and the area between the creek and the roadway with more drought tolerant species. I'll have compost on hand to fill in around our root holes as the soil substrate may be variable.

I will be drafting help from Terrace sources and hope to have a turnout that can plant a thousand or so stems on each day. About half of the stems will be willow and dogwood stakes that can be pounded into the ground. That should go very quickly. Please contact the LFP Stewardship Foundation at info@lfpsf.org or (206) 361-7076 (voice mail) to volunteer.