Auburn’s newest treasure is taking shape.

Construction on the city’s first elevated boardwalk in a wetland is progressing with more than 400 feet of the 1,200-foot boardwalk completed in the City-owned and -operated Auburn Environmental Park. The boardwalk will traverse through the Park between West Main Street and the City’s existing bird viewing tower on Western Avenue Northwest that opened in 2010.

Persons wanting to volunteer to help finish the City’s elevated boardwalk project are invited out to the park on the last two Saturdays of this month – March 24 and March 31 – between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Please check in at the bird viewing tower entrance on the west of Western Avenue Northwest, approximately a quarter-mile north of its intersection with West Main Street.

Volunteers should dress appropriate to weather conditions and are encouraged to bring boots, gloves and shovels. Volunteers should expect to get wet as the ground is damp and there is standing water in some places.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Chris Andersen, environmental protection manager at 253-876-1962 or candersen@auburnwa.gov.