Help out muddy buddies in Snohomish
Join the work party at Willis Tucker Park this Saturday
By Lisa Wogan
NWsource pets columnist
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It's rubber-boot, black-tennis-balls, hog-fuel season at the dog park. Heavy rains have created slime fields and muddy walkways only a dog could love. Some stewards are getting proactive by spreading wood chips to make the shoe-sucking sludge a little more navigable. (If you're curious, I was, wood chips are called hog fuel after the wood grinding machines known as "hogs.")
Sno-DOG (Snohomish Dog Off-leash Group) plans a hog-fuel-spreadin' hootenanny -- OK, work party -- at the soggy Willis D. Tucker Community Park in Snohomish on Saturday, January 26, from 10 am until the job is complete.
Snohomish County is on the cusp of becoming a great place for off-leash play. The county parks and recreation department under the leadership of dog-park advocate Tom Teigen has four off-leash areas (OLAs) in its master plan. The current two-acre OLA at Willis D. Tucker Community Park is only temporary; an 11-acre canine playground is in the works and scheduled to open in a couple years. Other future Snohomish OLAs include 3.5 acres at Tambark Creek Park in Bothell, 8 acres at Field's Riffle Park in Snohomish, and a swath of Mother Nature's Window Park in Marysville, which at more than 28 acres will be a destination for free-rompers. In addition, there are already off-leash areas in Edmonds, Everett, and Goldbar, plus one more on the drawing board for Monroe.
If Willis Tucker is on your list of go-to parks or you want to support a fledgling OLA-steward group, join the party. Good volunteer turnout for hands-on improvements sends a strong message about community support for off-leash areas. RSVPs are appreciated (volunteers@sno-dog.org). Bring wheelbarrows and shovels, if you've got 'em.
Sno-DOG (Snohomish Dog Off-leash Group) plans a hog-fuel-spreadin' hootenanny -- OK, work party -- at the soggy Willis D. Tucker Community Park in Snohomish on Saturday, January 26, from 10 am until the job is complete.
Snohomish County is on the cusp of becoming a great place for off-leash play. The county parks and recreation department under the leadership of dog-park advocate Tom Teigen has four off-leash areas (OLAs) in its master plan. The current two-acre OLA at Willis D. Tucker Community Park is only temporary; an 11-acre canine playground is in the works and scheduled to open in a couple years. Other future Snohomish OLAs include 3.5 acres at Tambark Creek Park in Bothell, 8 acres at Field's Riffle Park in Snohomish, and a swath of Mother Nature's Window Park in Marysville, which at more than 28 acres will be a destination for free-rompers. In addition, there are already off-leash areas in Edmonds, Everett, and Goldbar, plus one more on the drawing board for Monroe.
If Willis Tucker is on your list of go-to parks or you want to support a fledgling OLA-steward group, join the party. Good volunteer turnout for hands-on improvements sends a strong message about community support for off-leash areas. RSVPs are appreciated (volunteers@sno-dog.org). Bring wheelbarrows and shovels, if you've got 'em.
From dogsledding in Fairbanks to tracking down lost pups with a pet detective in Fresno, Pet Dish blogger Lisa Wogan explores the world of dogs and their people for Bark magazine, and in books such as Unleashed: Climbing Canines, Hiking Hounds, Fishing Fidos, and Other Daring Dogs . She lives in Seattle with two dogs, Lulu and Renzo.
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