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Earth Day Stewardship Event - Deception Pass

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Celebrate Earth Day with a full day of festivities including guided walks, Earth Day activities, and a conservation work party at Deception Pass State Park. Join for the morning, afternoon, or the whole day!

10:00-12:00 PM - Earth Day Activities

Coffee and snacks will be provided. Bird walk and dune walk will begin at 10:15am. As walks complete there will be three self-guided stations: birding with spotting scopes, a microplastics demonstration, and a gray whale station with a 9.5 ft skull.

12:00-12:30 PM - Lunch

Provided lunch will include light sandwiches, snacks and drinks.

12:30-3:30 PM

Join staff to hand pull non-native dune grass. Please bring sturdy shoes and work gloves. All other tools will be provided.

Directions

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West Beach - 41229 State Rt 20, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

Use the address listed above to navigate to the park. Please note this address will only take you to the general location of the park. Whether arriving from the north or south on SR20, you will come to a stoplight at the bottom of a hill. Turn west into the main park entrance. Drive past the welcome station and follow along the winding road until you reach a stop sign, then turn left. Take this road all the way down to the end, which will lead you to the West Beach parking lot. Restrooms are available at this location.

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