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Botanical Inventory Opportunity
Botanical Resources Inventory in the Cedar River Watershed
You can get involved with a Biodiversity Initiative to scientifically document and monitor the full array of organisms and their distribution in the Cedar River Watershed. Volunteer to participate in plant collecting forays into the fascinating habitats of the Cedar River Watershed, conducted in cooperation with the University of Washington Herbarium.
Tasks include field collection, plant identification, herbarium specimen preparation, database management, and coordination with other parties who have an interest in these plant resources. You will learn field botany skills, practice plant identification, and experience unique environments.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Clay Antieau, Botanist and Senior Watershed Planner, at clayton.antieau@seattle.gov or (206) 233-3711.
About the Cedar River Watershed
The 91,000-acre Cedar River Watershed near North Bend, Washington, gathers and stores rain and snowmelt for more than 1.3 million people in the greater Seattle area. Seattle Public Utilities manages the Watershed to provide clean, reliable, and inexpensive water, as well as high-quality habitat for fish and wildlife. To protect water quality and habitat, the Watershed is closed to unauthorized public access.
The Watershed is home to a remarkably diverse community of organisms that live in habitats as varied as bogs and forested fens, extensive riparian forests, ancient coniferous forests, subalpine meadows and lakes, and talus.
This collection effort will identify and scientifically document plant life in this important watershed, and provide information on the occurrence and distribution of rare and unusual plants, noxious weeds, and culturally important plants.
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