Join us for a NATURE EDUCATION FAMILY WALK with Sue Habeck, local naturalist educator and member of the Titlow Park Masterplan Steering Committee.  In addition to learning about nature and habitat restoration at Titlow Park, Sue will share how Sierra Club is helping protect marine habitats and participating in habitat restoration in our region.  We will start at the Titlow pool, observe the lagoons and discuss future plans to improve this habitat, pass through forests that are being restored, down to the rocky intertidal zone for a very low tide (-2.6 ft at 1 pm).  We will see a diversity of seaweeds, seastars, cucumbers, and dozens of other species. We can also view the eagle nest on Hidden Beach. The group can decide whether to backtrack or return via the shoreline, past pilings where we may view Purple Martins and cormorants near Steamer's Fish and Chips, then back to the cars.

 Bring water, snacks, dress in layers. Dress for slippery mucky shorelines or bring appropriate footware in a backpack. You may enjoy having binoculars and a camera.  If you have field guides to intertidal organisms, plants, birds etc you may find them useful.  If you join us for the entire excursion, the estimated total time is 3.5 hours.

The Sierra Club Tatoosh (Pierce County) Group - Ivy League will be leading a work project to remove English Ivy and Himalayan Blackberry from Pt. Defiance Park.

Place: Pt. Defiance Park at the corner of Bristol & N. Park Ave. adjacent to the back NE service entrance to the Franke Tobey Jones Retirement Facility.

Transportation: By Bus: take #10 or 11. By car: Follow Pearl St. north all the way to Pt. Defiance Park. Just prior before entering the main entrance to the park, turn L on N. Park Ave. up the hill for 3 blocks, turn L at Bristol and park on the street.

Time: 8:45 AM to 12 noon

Event Description and Directions: The Sierra Club will provide tools, water, and refreshments. Volunteers should wear garden work cloths, dress for the weather, and are urged to bring their own garden gloves and water container, but extra gloves and water will be available at the event. Check-in will begin at 8:45 AM at the corner of Bristol and N. Park Ave. The Group leaders will provide the vol-unteers the tools they need and will lead them in removing the non-native invasive plants in areas adjacent to the check-in spot. Partici-pating minors either need to be under the direction supervision of, or have a liability waiver signed by, a parent or guardian. Forms will be available at the check-in point. For more information, contact Bliss Moore at 253-752-6472 (h) or 253-820-2306 (m).