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Sad news this week, as longtime Friends board member Walt Schrader passed away Monday. We will miss your smiling face and friendship, Walt.

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Teri Lenfest: One of our Greatest Natural Resources

Sometimes in life, you just get lucky and people walk into your life, into your organization and give tremendous things. The Friends is fortunate to have many people who fit that bill, one in particular is Teri Lenfest, West Hylebos...

Hello from Wapato Creek!

Sunday afternoon I had the opportunity to take a tour through parts of Fife's Wapato Creek with Fife Mayor Barry Johnson, who has been a strong voice for conservation on the Wapato system. We were fortunate to have very nice,...

Big Project at the Lower Hylebos

In past bloggings I've mentioned a big project coming up on the Lower Hylebos. As we're actually approaching the project's construction (this summer) I can finally point you to a site with some information and pictures. This is a big...

National Volunteer Week

Today marks the beginning of National Volunteer Week. I can't thank enough the thousands of individuals - people from all walks of life across and around the Hylebos Watershed - who have helped make this incredible story of conservation success....

Ravens in the Hylebos

And, a little something different. I won't explain how this happened, but I was web-surfing and stumbled my way onto this posting of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. I hadn't read the poem for many, many years and I relished...

Landmark Landscape Preservation on the Hoh

No otters or beavers today - the topic is habitat preservation. Lynda Mapes reports on a remarkable preservation victory on the Olympic Peninsula where 7,000 acres of the Hoh River have been purchased, and set aside for permanent protection in...

Otter-A-Day

These may not include the Hylebos' otters, but if you like otters - as I do - you will want to check out Daily Otter. Aaaah, they're so cute!

New Posts over at the Blog from the Bog

Teri Lenfest is doing an incredible job at the Blog from the Bog, posting her observations, thoughts and photos of goings on in the West Hylebos Wetland. Teri has a tendency to jump in with both feet, so that'll explain...

Update: Event Cancellation for June 5th Event

Unfortunately the June 5th Volunteer Event at Dumas Bay Park is canceled but come out and see us July 10th from 9:30AM-2PM at Dumas Bay Park for our next habitat restoration event.

Near 200 Volunteers Participate in Earth Day Ivy Pull

Saturday April 24th from 9am-12, Friends of the Hylebos in cooperation with the City of Federal Way and with the help of EarthCorps attracted nearly 200 volunteers to Dash Point State Park and Dumas Bay Park to help remove English...

Volunteers Continue Ivy Removal at Dumas Bay Park

Thank you to all the folks that came out last Saturday to help pull Ivy at Dumas Bay Park! I saw some old faces as well as new faces including Todd Beamer's Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadets!...

Starbucks and Federal Way Youth Ecology Group Rock Ivy Like a Hurricane.

My love for bad/amazing 80's rock music seems to be seeping into all aspects of my life....hence this entry's title. But seriously, who doesn't love The Scorpions? At any rate I had the pleasure of working with the Starbucks's Project...

Another Sunny Day at Dumas Bay!

We've really been lucking out with the weather lately! The sun was out, birds were chirping and spirits were high! I'd like to thank everyone that came out last Saturday to help pull ivy. We are really making some progress...