Trees be our Valentine!
Join the Stream Team this Valentine's Day, for a volunteer planting event helping to restore habitat along a local salmon stream. Plant trees with your sweeties, or show up with your love for our planet, to help us make a difference for Woods Creek- a tributary to the Skykomish River. Stewardship is carried out through acts of love, and, after all, what's more romantic than restoring spawning habitat?
Trees Be Our Valentine - Volunteer Planting Event
On Valentine's Day - Saturday February 14th, 2026
9AM-Noon
*Driving directions to the parking lot included below. The planting site will be on the opposite side of the creek as our last planting event, New Year, New Tree, and parking will be at a different location.
Tools, gloves, and light refreshments will be provided by the Adopt A Stream Foundation.
This is a rain or shine event so please come prepared in tree planting attire and closed-toed, water-proof/resistant shoes to keep you dry and warm.
This is a volunteer event so it is of course FREE but the ticket link below will enable you to RSVP. You can also RSVP by emailing
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Directions to Woods Creek Site:
- Navigate to Al Borlin Park’s address: 600 Simons Rd, Monroe, WA 98272.
- From heading East on US Hwy 2 in Monroe…
- Turn right onto Ann St,
- Take the next right onto E. Main St,
- Take a sharp left turn onto Railroad Ave.
- Take the next left at the stop sign onto Simons Rd
- Follow Simons Rd down the hill into Al Borlin Park, and across the car bridge.
- Park in the gravel parking lot to the left.
- Look for the Stream Team’s signage as you approach the site.
- Link to the GPS points of the parking site:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/47%C2%B051'17.0%22N+121%C2%B057'45.1%22W/@47.8549263,-121.9649587,632m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d47.8547222!4d-121.9625278?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
More about this project:
In the summer of 2023 AASF worked with our partners to remove an abandoned creosote-log railroad trestle that had been polluting Woods Creek since 1939, and created a barrier to salmon migration. We also installed in-stream log structures to create spawning and rearing habitat for native salmon (including endangered Chinook).
Since the bridge removal the Stream Team (and volunteers like YOU!) have been working hard to restore the riparian zone of Woods Creek, by removing invasive species, planting native trees and shrubs, and mulching those native plants to ensure they will grow to provide shade, so that the stream can maintain proper water temperature and sustain a healthy salmon run.
You may also like the following events from Adopt A Stream Foundation:
- This month, 28th February, 01:00 pm, PNWater Stories: Film, Gallery, & Book Event in Everett
- Next month, 7th March, 01:00 pm, Wilderness Survival Essentials: Presentation & Book Signing in Everett
- Next month, 14th March, 01:00 pm, Spring Hikes in Snohomish County in Everett
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