StreamFest participants create masks, learn about species at conservation event

PORT ANGELES — StreamFest was full of wild animals on Saturday and Sunday.

Not the bestial kind. These were masked human participants celebrating the 20 million species of Earth.

In colorful masks created at a new booth at StreamFest, the Procession of the Species was created to both entertain and teach.

A new addition to StreamFest this year, the procession was conceived and planned by Meggan Uecker and her husband, Mattias J

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    “We had heard of one in Olympia, and StreamFest was the perfect fit for it,” she said.

    Uecker dressed up as a banana slug, and her daughters, Freja J

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    Mattias J

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    “This is such a wonderful event for the children because they don’t have to be quiet and they can get out and experience nature,” Uecker said.

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