Neighborhood volunteers pull invasive cattails from Echo Lake
Thursday, July 19, 2018
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| Jonathan Burnham pulling cattails from Echo Lake Photo by Wayne Pridemore |
Jonathan Burnham was waist deep in Echo Lake Tuesday evening, part of a work party from the Echo Lake Neighborhood Association (ELNA) pulling cattails from Echo Lake.
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| Barbara Lacy Photo by Wayne Pridemore |
"There are two kinds of cattails," said crew leader Marla Tullio, "a native species and an invasive species."
Unfortunately, the invasive kind have invaded Echo Lake at N 200th and Ashworth Ave.
Volunteers were given a quick orientation to tell the difference, and a lesson in how to cut or pull the cattails out of the lake.
Lakeside resident and former ELNA board member Barbara Lacy knows all about cattails.
Barbara organized her family last year - and children and grandchildren held a cattail pulling session of their own.
There are still cattails in the lake, but a lot fewer than before the work party.
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| Photo by Gidget Terpstra |
The City of Shoreline arranged for yard waste bins to be hauled away after the event.
The Echo Lake Neighborhood is bounded by Aurora, I-5, 205th, and 185th. If you want to know more about ELNA, email them at ELNABoard@gmail.com
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1 comments:
My neighborhood surrounded by cattails, they grow within 30 feet of homes, very thick, Theirs NO pond, or lake or river, its poorly landscape area and has some run off. The HOA feels theirs nothing wrong. But I see possible great danger possible fires since the surrounding area's have tree's and brush. Can you assist with any advance. ??
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