The Friends of North Beach is a new group to help support the North Beach Nature Area, which is located at 24th Ave NW and NW 90th St.
Photo courtesy Luke McGuff.
This Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers are invited to help remove ivy from the trees at the entrance to the park, as much as the slopes allow, organizers tell us.
“This is the first of what is hoped to be regular work parties at the park,” organizer Luke McGuff says. “There’s a lot to do there! It’s true there’s a serious problem with ivy at the entrance to the park, but the main body of the park features a healthy understory that needs only a little TLC to be a good example of a native riparian forest.” For more information contact McGuff at lukemcguff@yahoo.com.
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why would i come and help north beach residents clean up their private community of which i am not welcome?
Make the beach public and we’ll talk.
It’s the public park, not the private beach.
If you come over and do yard work at my house I’ll welcome you.
Luke you rock! Thank you for organizing this!
Cool. Can elementary-aged school kids participate?
Not this time, but please feel free to stop by and check it out.
We’ll have things for kids at a future date.
Not this time, but please feel free to stop by and check it out.
We’ll have things for kids at a future date.
yes, a public park surrounded by no parking signs.