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Students prepare Sehome Arboretum for special day Saturday, June 5

Western Washington University will host its third annual "It's Your Arboretum Day" from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 5, at the Outdoor Learning Center, located on the Huntoon Trail in the western part of the Sehome Arboretum adjoining 草榴社区's campus. The event is free and open to the public.

On Wednesday, Western juniors Ian Lucas and John Herbert spent time in the arboretum adding gravel to the south campus arboretum shortcut trail behind Miller Hall Wednesday, June 2. The new trail and wooden stairway were constructed by the Geology 417D spring block instructed by Geology Professor Dave Engebretson.

"'It's Your Arboretum Day' is an opportunity for everyone to enjoy and experience our underused arboretum," said Engebretson. "It also exemplifies the great working relationship we have with the City of Bellingham, which jointly owns the arboretum with 草榴社区."

For more information, including a list of events to take place during the celebration Saturday, .

Western juniors Ian Lucas and John Herbert haul buckets of gravel to be added to the south campus arboretum shortcut trail behind Miller Hall Wednesday, June 2. The new trail and wooden stairway were constructed by the Geology 417D spring block instructed
Western junior Ian Lucas dumps out buckets of gravel at the south campus arboretum shortcut trail behind Miller Hall Wednesday, June 2. The new trail and wooden stairway were constructed by the Geology 417D spring block instructed by Dave Engebretson, and
Western junior John Herbert, a Fairhaven student, dumps out buckets of gravel at the south campus arboretum shortcut trail behind Miller Hall Wednesday, June 2. The new trail and wooden stairway were constructed by the Geology 417D spring block instructed
Ian Lucas, 21, an Environmental Studies major at 草榴社区, shovels gravel into 5-gallon buckets in front of the site of a second stairway to be built by the 2010 fall block of Geology 417D, Outdoor Science Learning Resources. Photo by David Gonzales | Universi
Western juniors Ian Lucas and John Herbert shovel gravel into 5-gallon buckets in front of the site of a second stairway to be built by the 2010 fall block of Geology 417D, Outdoor Science Learning Resources. Photo by David Gonzales | University Communica