Adopt A Stream invites volunteers to plant trees along Quilceda Creek

EVERETT — The Tulalip Tribes and the Adopt A Stream Foundation will hold a tree planting at 9 a.m. Saturday on the west fork of Quilceda Creek.

This will be the latest in the efforts from the two groups in the last two years to restore the area and create better habitat for salmon, including putting down logs and removing invasive plants.

“We are going to expand the small ribbon of trees growing next to the creek into a 100-foot-wide riparian zone on both sides of the stream,” Adopt A Stream Fish and Wildlife Manager Walter Rung wrote in a press release. “Over time, the new trees will surround the creek and provide shade that cools the water to temperatures that salmon and trout need to survive.”

Adopt A Stream Director Tom Murdoch said people he interacts with often don’t know what a “riparian zone” is.

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