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Andrew
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Catero
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For the last seven years, Andrew has been restoring a parcel of land in northeast Seattle. He’s torn out noxious and invasive plants and removed years of trash comprised of tires, chunks of concrete, car parts and a multitude of cans and bottles. In their place, he sowed 1,000 native plants in the 900’ x 125’ space, watering the seedlings by hand.
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Charity
EarthCorps
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Karen
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Dougherty
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When Karen moved to Island Lake 14 years ago, she appointed herself as its one-person clean-up committee. She daily walks along the shore and kayaks the lake gathering fishing gear, broken glass, cans and plastic. Recycling what she can, Karen’s work has kept the lake clean for wildlife and safe for humans.
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Charity
Northwest Raptor Center
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Nancie
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Kosnoff
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Nancie was instrumental in bringing the first farmers market to Queen Anne and educating her neighbors on the personal and ecological benefits of eating locally-grown food. She also co-founded the Good Neighbor Garden Project to reclaim neglected public land and inspire home food gardening. Surplus produce from the community garden is donated to Seattle Children’s Home.
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Charity
Queen Anne Neighbors for Responsible Growth
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Judy
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Pickens
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For decades, Judy has championed the restoration of salmon-bearing Fauntleroy Creek. Her work has transformed a section of the creek that was surrounded by concrete and lawn into a wider, meandering rocky stream lined with native plants. Each year she works with local schools to release thousands of salmon into the creek, engaging students in environmental stewardship.
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Charity
EarthCorps
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Mike
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Town
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Mike helped turn the Wild Sky Wilderness Act into law. He founded a local grassroots group, spent hundreds of hours documenting every component of Wild Sky - 106,000 acres near Skykomish - and consulted members of Congress and the press on boundary issues. As a result, a new wilderness was created this past April within a one-hour drive of almost a million people.
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Charity
Washington Wilderness Coalition
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