In late October 2018, WSDOT crews in Skagit County picked up five young elm trees from a local nursery and drove them over to what would become their new home in Edgewater Park off SR 536. There, they with Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation worked to plant these new trees, five needed to reestablish the 50 trees to honor veterans – specifically the 50 from Skagit County who died during WWI. This replanting effort helps replace an original memorial, planted in the 1930's, along SR 536. Those trees were cut down, starting in the 1950's, due to development and disease - the last two needing to come down in March 2018. See photos of that removal work: www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/albums/72157664843969757
Tags: aep WSDOT trees Maintenance Washington State Parks arborist SR 536 Memorial Highway Skagit County Mount Vernon planting Memorial veterans
In late October 2018, WSDOT crews in Skagit County picked up five young elm trees from a local nursery and drove them over to what would become their new home in Edgewater Park off SR 536. There, they with Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation worked to plant these new trees, five needed to reestablish the 50 trees to honor veterans – specifically the 50 from Skagit County who died during WWI. This replanting effort helps replace an original memorial, planted in the 1930's, along SR 536. Those trees were cut down, starting in the 1950's, due to development and disease - the last two needing to come down in March 2018. See photos of that removal work: www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/albums/72157664843969757
Tags: aep WSDOT trees Maintenance Washington State Parks arborist SR 536 Memorial Highway Skagit County Mount Vernon planting Memorial veterans
In late October 2018, WSDOT crews in Skagit County picked up five young elm trees from a local nursery and drove them over to what would become their new home in Edgewater Park off SR 536. There, they with Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation worked to plant these new trees, five needed to reestablish the 50 trees to honor veterans – specifically the 50 from Skagit County who died during WWI. This replanting effort helps replace an original memorial, planted in the 1930's, along SR 536. Those trees were cut down, starting in the 1950's, due to development and disease - the last two needing to come down in March 2018. See photos of that removal work: www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/albums/72157664843969757
Tags: aep WSDOT trees Maintenance Washington State Parks arborist SR 536 Memorial Highway Skagit County Mount Vernon planting Memorial veterans
In late October 2018, WSDOT crews in Skagit County picked up five young elm trees from a local nursery and drove them over to what would become their new home in Edgewater Park off SR 536. There, they with Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation worked to plant these new trees, five needed to reestablish the 50 trees to honor veterans – specifically the 50 from Skagit County who died during WWI. This replanting effort helps replace an original memorial, planted in the 1930's, along SR 536. Those trees were cut down, starting in the 1950's, due to development and disease - the last two needing to come down in March 2018. See photos of that removal work: www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/albums/72157664843969757
Tags: aep WSDOT trees Maintenance Washington State Parks arborist SR 536 Memorial Highway Skagit County Mount Vernon planting Memorial veterans
Following this replanting effort, the local paper, the Skagit Valley Herald, featured two WSDOT staffers on the front page!
Tags: aep WSDOT trees Maintenance Washington State Parks arborist SR 536 Memorial Highway Skagit County Mount Vernon planting Memorial veterans