Work party Saturday in Olympic National Park

Published 12:01 am Thursday, October 2, 2014

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Volunteers will clean the area around the park visitor center from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

During the work party hosted by the Friends of Olympic National Park, participants will prune, remove exotic plants, weed, rake and perform trail maintenance.

Volunteers will meet in the parking lot of the Olympic National Park Visitor Center at 3002 Mount Angeles Road in Port Angeles at 9 a.m.

Some tools will be available, but participants are urged to bring their favorite hand tools and gloves.

This is the third in a series of biannual work sessions the Friends plan to host at the park.

Members of Friends of Olympic National Park, national park volunteers and the general public are invited.

For more information, phone 360-565-3142.