I-90 Corridor Work Parties

My first work party in the I-90 corridor took place at the Gold Creek Pond Trail this past fall.


As you can see it was a beautiful day on this beautiful trail. We arrived around 9 AM and after a short safety talk by crew leader Harold Buresh it was time to get to work. Our focus for the day was cutting back invasives like napweed, clearing vegetation from a picnic table, and thinning trees along the trail corridor. The latter is of particular importance on this trail because it is barrier free meaning that it is wheelchair accessible.

A few weeks later I again joined Harold at the Tinkham Discovery Trail. We spent the first few hours installing a new sign for the trail.


Our focus for the rest of the day was "winterizing" the trail, or preparing it for the flooding and snow that comes during the winter months. So, we spent our time examining and repairing spots on the trail where water, the trail crew's enemy, can collect and cause damage to the trail. It is a constant battle for groups like VOW to construct and maintain trail in Washington State during the spring and summer months only to see the winter months undo much of the work that has been done.

This has been especially true this year with the flooding that happened in November.


So come out to our I-90 corridor projects at Tinkham Discovery Trail, Gold Creek Pond Trail, and the Ira Spring Trail. This weekend, April 21st, we will be having our first work party at Tinkham. Check out our calendar for more dates and information.

-Sean Bulthaup