Volunteers gather at Helen McCabe State Park to plant native species
About 15 volunteers met on Oct. 27 at Helen McCabe State Park South of Ellensburg to participate in the Kittitas Environmental Education Network’s Fall Planting Party. The event, co-sponsored by Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group, is part of restoration work going on at KEEN’s Yakima Canyon Interpretive Center. Volunteers planted about 300 native plants, including Elderberry, Red Currant, Nootka Rose, Aspens and Ponderosa Pine. KEEN Board Chairperson Jill Scheffer said