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Help Restore the Milltown Gateway & Pedestrian Bridge

Volunteers are needed to help plant willows, alders, and water birches at the site of the newly refurbished pedestrian bridge in the Milltown Gateway area.

* Date:  Saturday, September 19

* Time: 8:30 AM - noon

* Where:  Meet at West end of Pedestrian Bridge. To get there, come out on Hwy 200 from Missoula or I-90 and take Exit 109. Turn onto 1st Street across from Town Pump main entrance, west side of Blackfoot. The turn to bridge is first right.

* Who:  Able bodied people interested in stewardship and improvement along the river corridor

* Jobs: Plant willows, birches and alders; plant grass seed, spread compost, pull weeds

* Bring: Drinking water, work shoes and gloves, and shovels, rakes, prybars, weeding tools, grass seed spreader, and wheelbarrow or garden cart if you have them.

* Volunteer: Please RSVP! Call Peter Nielsen, 258-4968, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Michelle Hutchins, 258-3495, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Graham Roy, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it