River festival focuses on health of Dungeness
Published 1:30 am Sunday, September 29, 2019
SEQUIM — The Dungeness River Festival drew children and adults alike to the annual celebration of the river.
The free festival, held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, allowed agencies, nonprofits and resource managers to talk about their efforts.
The annual event introduces children to the ways of maintaining the health of the river, said Powell Jones, executive director of the Dungeness River Audubon Center.
Per tradition, Sequim elementary school third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students visited the festival throughout the day, along with area home-schoolers and Chimacum fourth-graders.
The hours had been changed to focus on families and children and the festival was not over until the last school bus left.
Visitors were urged to draw flags telling how they planned to help the Dungeness. The flags will hang from the Railroad Bridge in coming weeks.
For more information about the Dungeness River Audubon Center and the Railroad Bridge Park, visit dungenessrivercenter.org/ or call 360-681-4076.
