Everett couple writes check to clean up the Snohomish River
EVERETT — The Snohomish River and its advocates have a new partner in ridding local waters of old junk boats — Phil and Kelly Johnson, of Everett.
In November, the Johnsons read a Daily Herald article about the county’s struggling to haul three derelict vessels from the river, a project that depleted the budget of the county’s Surface Water Management department.
“I’ve been a boater almost all my life,” Phil Johnson said. “To read the paper and see what little funding the county gets from the state, to me, was appalling.”
So he and his wife, Kelly, donated $50,000 to the Northwest Straits Foundation, a funding partner of the Marine Resources Committee, a citizens advisory group that works with the county.
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