Posted on May 30, 2017 at 2:11 PM by Allan Warren
NCCC Crew experiencing the northwest environment they have helped conserve by snowshoeing on Mt. Rainier guided by PCD AmeriCorps service member Joel Eklof.
From mid-January to mid-March
National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) AmeriCorps crew “Blue One,” contributed
over 5,000 hours of essential
work across all PCD programs while
serving with PCD. Their work ranged
from blackberry grubbing at Meeker
Creek with the water quality team,
to taking GIS data on the Key Peninsula
with the farm team, to installing
fencing and pruning fruit trees with
the Harvest Pierce County team, to
teaching over 800 fifth graders about
salmon and water quality at Children’s
Water Festival with the Habitat team.
In total, the NCCC team:
- Planted over 16,000 native plants
- Spread over 50,000 pounds of mulch
- Removed invasive blackberry and
scotch broom from 13 acres of land
- Removed over 3,000 pounds
of illegally dumped debris
- Built 10 raised beds and
30 planting mounds
- Visited 128 farms and collected
1,132 data points using GIS Pro
- Participated in 16 community
and volunteer events
- Increased capacity over all programs
The NCCC crew was a joy to have
around, and stayed strikingly positive
despite working nearly endless hours
outside during the exceptionally long, cold, and wet winter. We wish the
NCCC crew blue skies and a lack of
blackberry to grub while at their next
two sites in California and Idaho.