Marysville Globe, February 22, 2012

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Volunteers plant trees at Qwuloolt Estuary

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SPORTS: MarysvillePilchuck grapplers compete at Mat Classic. Page 8

COMMUNITY: Glab, Beardsley celebrate 101st birthdays. Page 5

INDEX BIRTHS 7 CLASSIFIED ADS 12-14 7 LEGAL NOTICES 4 OPINION 7 PUZZLES 8 SPORTS 6 WORSHIP

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Sam Harb, habitat restoration technician for Sound Salmon Solutions, protects the base of a newly planted shrub at the Qwuloolt Estuary Marsh on Feb. 18.

MARYSVILLE — Volunteers organized by Sound Salmon Solutions descended upon the Qwuloolt Estuary Marsh for yet another day of planting native trees and shrubs on Saturday, Feb. 18, to prepare the area for the next steps in the ongoing Qwuloolt Estuary Restoration Project. Sound Salmon Solutions, formerly known as the Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force, is working with the Tulalip Tribes to plant 10 acres within the next 15 months at the Qwuloolt Estuary Marsh. The Feb. 18 planting of 550 native trees and shrubs within the 360-acre Qwuloolt Estuary Restoration Project area follows the planting of 850 native trees and shrubs in the area on Sept. 23 and 24 of last year. “With about 40,000 plantings total set for this area, those planting days still represent a pretty small piece of the total picture, though,” said Kristin Marshall, habitat program manager for Sound Salmon

Solutions. “We’ll be coming back to this area during the weekdays in March to plant another couple of thousand, but it won’t be as formal an occasion.” With all the volunteers who arrived on Feb. 18 dressed in hardwearing work clothes that they quickly got dirty by digging in the soil and kneeling in the wet ground to place the native trees and shrubs securely in those holes, “formal” might not be the first word that many would use to describe the day’s labors. The cold, muddy conditions made for a distinct change of pace from the Sept. 23 and 24 plantings in Harborview Park, just a few miles south, which proved warmer and drier. “This area sees more stormwater runoff from the surrounding developments,” Marshall said. “Running right through it, we have Jones Creek which is an important tributary for coho salmon, and Allen Creek which drains into this buffer. What we plant here will help filter the copper and motor oil and other SEE TREES, PAGE 2

Proposed budget cuts focus of local protest BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

MARYSVILLE — Marysville School District administrators, teachers and other staff members were joined by parents and students on the sidewalks of State Avenue near Comeford Park on Thursday, Feb.

16, as they donned red shirts and hoisted signs high to raise awareness among passing motorists and pedestrians alike about the impact of proposed budget cuts to local education. MSD Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland SEE PROTEST, PAGE 2

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Marshall Elementary teachers Christy Robertson, left, and Karin Perdue are working extra hours to keep up with their students’ needs in the face of increased class sizes.

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