Last weekend, SCS organized a work party to replace a broken bridge behind Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School. The bridge is used by students who monitor the stream and its surrounding habitat, but it recently sustained serious damage due to rot and falling trees, and became too unsafe for classroom use.

Requests were made to several organizations and agencies but every one of them lacked either the time, the money or the workers needed to perform the work. SCS turned out to be the perfect catalyst for drawing resources from around the community and turning them into an effective bridge-building team.

• Spenard Builders' Supply paid for about half of the material, and delivered them almost immediately.
• Sitka Trails Work covered the rest of the expenses, and provided tools, a truck, and invaluable expertise.

• Science teacher Rebecca Himschoot and her crew of Keet Gooshi Heen parent volunteers contributed their labor and tools. They also set up an impromptu class on the physics of levers.

• Carpenter Mike Venetti directed the project and designed the bridge.

• Sitka Community Schools and the Sitka Conservation Society contributed volunteer labor.