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‘Know Your Island Walk’ is coming up

Published 3:35 pm Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Caretaker Will Hamilton and water systems manager Chad Hoffman are hosting an educational tour of the Briggs Lake area
Caretaker Will Hamilton and water systems manager Chad Hoffman are hosting an educational tour of the Briggs Lake area

Know Your Island Walk on Saturday, June 27, 1-4 p.m. is entitled “From Trees to Tap: The Workings of a Working Watershed.”

Meet caretaker Will Hamilton and water systems manager Chad Hoffman, shown above, for an educational tour of the Briggs Lake area (known as the Roche Harbor Watershed) which is a private forest providing water, wood, wildlife and recreation enjoyed by many islanders.

Learn what makes this watershed and water treatment plant property so unique. Take the watershed tour, a distance of 1.25 miles and then walk .75 mi. or drive to a tour of the water treatment plant where liquid refreshments will be served.

Terrain: grassy trails, level to downhill (no uphill). Rating: gentle. Dogs on leashes okay. Rain or shine. Meet and park at corner of Roche Harbor and West Valley Roads. Limited parking; carpool if possible. For info email info@sanjuanislandtrails.org.

 

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