Hello, You and your family, coworkers or friends are invited to join us on Saturday, April 26th from 9am-noon for Parks Appreciation Day. We'll be cleaning up and stewarding the Adriana Hess Wetland Park (address below) by doing some invasive species removal and light litter pick up. We're also celebrating the 229th birthday of John James Audubon with a spring open house and tours of the Audubon Center and Donna Cooper Pepos Native Plant Trail, and the small bookstore will be open, too. Join us! Just about everything is in bloom now and it looks great! Attention parents: we'll have a fun and super easy (non-native) maple seedling pull contest at 11am, which is great for little ones! This event is free. No RSVP required. Additional volunteer events are schedules for sites across Pierce County, and a list of them can be found here: http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/park-sites-chip-in/ Happy Earth Day! Krystal McArthur Kyer Executive Director *Connecting People with Nature* *Tahoma Audubon Society* 2917 Morrison Road W. University Place, WA 98466 *Adriana Hess Audubon Center* Center: (253) 565-9278 Membership: (253) 565-9129 www.tahomaaudubon.org *Partners in Education with the Tacoma Nature Center* For class registration call: (253) 591-6439 *Support Team Towhee's <http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/artwang/tahomaaudubonbirdathon>**Birdathon goal of 125 species in 24 hours! <http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/artwang/tahomaaudubonbirdathon>*