OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The Matt Albright Native Plant Nursery and Wilderness Revegetation crew are looking for a few good volunteers who are ready to get their hands dirty.
Volunteers are invited to drop in at the Matt Albright Native Plant Center, located east of Port Angeles in Robin Hill Farm County Park, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays through Aug. 31 to help with activities that are part of the $325 million restoration project to return the Elwha River to its wild state.
Volunteers also are needed to help prepare, transport and plant 12,000 new seedlings at Boulder Creek Campground in the Elwha River Valley, an effort that began this week and will continue through October.
Work will take place at the Matt Albright Native Plant Nursery and at the Boulder Creek Campground.
This month, activities at the greenhouse include packing plants in preparation for upcoming activities in the Elwha River Restoration Revegetation Project, cleaning and sowing seeds, and transporting seedlings.
For this work, the volunteers days were extended from the usual Mondays and Wednesdays.
After Labor Day, regular volunteer drop-in days will revert to Mondays and Wednesdays, with hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The nursery will be closed Sept. 3 for Labor Day.
For more information about volunteer opportunities with the Elwha River Restoration Revegetation Project, contact Jill Zarzeczny at Jill_Zarzeczny@nps.gov or 360-565-3047.
For more information about the Boulder Creek Campground project, contact Ruth Scott at Ruth_Scott@nps.gov or 360-565-3071.
Volunteer opportunities are available year-round in the park. For more information about volunteer and internship opportunities, visit http://tinyurl.com/9btarwj.