Volunteers

Bob Branberg

Bob learns about all about life in the mud.

Roger Carnes

Roger is a long-time Puget Sound resident.

Carrie Marschner

It was a great day. The mud was warm and I ditched my boots pretty quickly and just wore socks. The leaders were really knowledgeable and could tell us about the oysters and clams and other critters.

Adriana Ericson

I love mudding up!

Steve Emmet-Maddox

I’ve been all over the county joining up with thousands of folks who are happy to get dirty to bring their estuaries back to health.

Jeff Compton

With each step I’d sink down to the tops of my boot, then wiggle and wiggle and wiggle my foot to get it out – of course by then the other foot was buried!

Kristin Holsman

It takes a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm and just grunt force work to pull all of these invasive weeds out and plant all of these new little trees that'll eventually grow up. --Kristin Holsman

Fin Norbu

Fin Norbu hauls on the end of a giant blackberry vine as he clears out invasive weeds along the Duwamish, Seattle’s hometown river, during Duwamish Alive! Earth Day 2007.

Kaia Stover

"It makes me happy to plant trees because the earth needs trees to be healthy," said Kaia Stover who jumped right in getting dirty for the Sound. Duwamish Alive, Earth Day 2007, Hamm Creek Estuary.

Ryan Hale

I care about the Sound, so when I'm walking along and if I see a piece of trash, I'll pick it up and throw it away. I plant native plants and remove invasive species from my garden and at Discovery Park when I volunteer there. --Ryan Hale

Don Smith

I've been volunteering with People For Puget Sound for a number of years, going out to dig spartina, cleaning up beaches and helping with fundraisers, and I support other environmental groups financially. --Don Smith

Brian Scheuch

Now retired, Brian Scheuch chooses to devote his time to conservation. He especially enjoys sharing the magic of nature with others. One day this winter, Scheuch took a group of Cub Scouts to the preserve and captured their attention with his collection of owl pellets, bird wings and mammal skulls. He got down on his hands and knees to show the boys the tunnels the field mice burrow through the grass. “I get back as much as I give, just by being here,” Scheuch says.

Helen Ball

One of my favorite activities is to walk the beach. I do it in all kinds of weather, waiting for a low tide. I also pick up trash at the county park. I've been recognized as the "Steward of South Beach Park" by the San Juan County Parks Department. --Helen Ball

Anji Moraes

We were out flagging spartina - a really nasty invasive plant that takes over tide flats and wrecks the habitat for shellfish and shore birds - and then digging it out, which is really back-breaking work. Melissa got stuck in the mud, and then 8 or 9 people got stuck trying to pull her out! --Anji Moraes

Sue Nattinger

Sue Nattinger volunteers seasonally by monitoring streams with the Clallam County Streamkeepers, keeping a careful watch on the health of our streams, watersheds, and marine life.

Ella Bachrach

"I like volunterring with MudUp because it legitimizes my innate need to become ridiculously, gloriously muddy." -Ella Bachrach, age 2