1999 Environmental Excellence Awards

For Excellence in Vegetation Management: Washington State DOT Olympic Region Landscape 3R Program (Rescue, Reuse, Re

Washington Department of Transportation

The Washington State Department of Transportation Olympic Region Native Plant Salvage Program is a partnership effort between Washington State Department of Transportation personnel, state-coordinated employment programs, local environmental organizations, and volunteers. Plants are salvaged from roadside maintenance areas, taken to a holding area, placed in pots or mulch, and kept until they are needed for scenic landscaping, mitigation, or site restoration. Surplus plants are donated to local communities and tribes to use in their public areas. The plant salvage work provides low maintenance costs for the areas landscaped with native plantings. This program is a working example of practicing sound ecological principles of rescue, reuse, and restoration, while caring for the highway rights-of-way.

Project Contributors

Secretary of State Ralph Muro City of Bremerton Jim Trainer City of Forks Dave Zeller City of Olympia Ceader Wells Olympia Forestry Dave Pearsall McLane Elementary School Rich Bird Griffin Elementary School Harry Carthum	Griffin Business Association Shelley Earing/Chris Wickham Snow Creek Restoration Team Denny Secord Squaxin Island Tribe Brian Thompson Boy Scouts Troop #224 Washington State Department of Transportation Gary Demich, Olympic Region Administrator	Bob Barnes, Olympic Region Landscape Architect Terri Dukes, Olympic Region Transportation Engineer Ken Schlatter, Olympic Region Environmental Project Coordinator Ken Stone, Olympic Region Environmental/Hydraulic Office Manager Carl Ward, Olympic Region Biologist Ray Willard, State Coordinator: Adopt-A-Highway Jim Kniert, Assistance Maintenance Superintendent Olympic Region Elma Maintenance Supervisor	Washington State Department of Ecology Nick Mott Washington State Department of Natural Resources Jobs for the Environment Washington State University Erica Guttman Cooperative Extension Thruston County Native Plant Salvage Projects

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