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Volunteers Make Repairs to Plum Island Dock

A volunteer work party traveled to Plum Island June 13 to replace several badly deteriorated dock timbers. Randy Holm served as team leader and organized the crew of Bill Kreiger and grandson Brennan, Allen Roberts, Chris Anderson, Howard Schmidt, Wendy Beilfus, and Gary Luedtke. Sandy Peterson also traveled to the island to do preliminary bird survey work.

The volunteers came armed with crowbars, hammers, saws and a generator provided for the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, along with a collection of hand tools. Rotted planks were pried up, the 6-inch spikes removed, and then piled on shore near the dock until another work party can transport them off the island. New timbers were then fitted into the gaps. The completed project now provides a much safer platform for future work parties and contractors who will continue the renovations of the boathouse, lifesaving station, and other buildings.