(Photo courtesy Puget Soundkeeper)

By Hayden Yu Andersen

Reporting for West Seattle Blog

Nearly 60 volunteers gathered Saturday at Dragonfly Pavilion for a salmon-season Longfellow Creek cleanup event hosted by Puget Soundkeeper and Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association . The event was a way for community members to become stewards of their environment, said Tanya Balaji , a Stewardship and Education Manager with Puget Soundkeeper.

Balaji, who has a background in oceanography and biology, has been working with Puget Soundkeeper for just over a year, and says it’s been a great experience. Volunteers were signing up through Friday night, even during the downpour, and according to Balaji, there were surprisingly few cancellations.

(WSB photos from here down)

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