at the Annual Skagit Spartina Dig this year!  And I don't know how the weather was where you were today, but the sun was shining over LaConner and the Swinomish Reservation- what a beautiful day to dig in the mud!  We got all of the Spartina out of Swadabs Park before lunch, so we moved on to scotch broom in the afternoon...and got all of that removed too!  

Larry Cambell, the Swinomish Tribe cultural historian, welcomed the volunteers to the Reservation and gave an inspiring talk during our lunch time break.  We also had six Snohomish Sound Stewards come up for the event, three of which earned their People For Puget Sound hats today for reaching 40 hours, and another Steward received his People For Puget Sound jacket for contributing 80 volunteer hours to our programs!

Way to go Stewards!!!  Rachel Benbrook, our new Spartina program intern, jumped right in on her second day on the job...literally.  She's very familiar with Spartina now- having been up close and personal with the weed and the mud today!