We all have aches and pains. It's not easy. But we have a good spirit and get things done. Friends of Camano Island Parks sponsored acquisition of property on North Camano, called English Boom. It's a bird sanctuary, now county property, consisting of seven acres with 300 feet of waterfront on Skagit Bay.
Half is salt marsh and half is wooded uplands.
English Boom was the first Camano Island land acquisition through Conservation Futures, a county program that preserves open space and critical areas, waterfront and wetlands. Other Camano organizations are following the Friends' lead to sponsor similar land acquisition. Island County public works director Larry Kwarsick worked with the Friends on county programs such as Conservation Futures. He said the organization has been a strong advocate of the county's park and recreation plan, nonmotorized trails plan and natural lands plan. He pointed out that public support makes a big difference when the county seeks state funding, as with English Boom.