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Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed
Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 9

 

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Date and TimeNameLocationInformation and sign up
(sponsors vary)
Saturday, May 10
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
West Duwamish Greenbelt
Help restore the forest in the hills along the Duwamish. Control ivy and blackberry and plant trees in the West Duwamish Greenbelt just south of South Seattle Community College. Professional artists often entertain the work parties.
West Seattle
Saturday, May 10
9 a.m. -
Noon
Stewardship Saturday at the Cove
Come out to improve Miller and Walker Creeks where they flow into Puget Sound. Volunteers will help plant trees and shrubs or control invasive plants. Join a project that's been going strong for four years!

Doug Osterman, 206-878-2578
or Tony Cassarino, 206-246-9941

Saturday, May 10
9 a.m. -
1 p.m.
Roxhill Park Bog at the Headwaters of Longfellow Creek
Unique opportunity for knowledgeable plant stewards! Help further the incredible amount of work done to restore a rare bog at the headwaters of Longfellow Creek. Five years of work and 250,000 plants are gradually transforming grass back into a bog ecosystem. Work at this site at SW Barton Street and 29th Avenue SW occurs every second Saturday of the month. Call or e-mail to confirm and sign up.
West Seattle
Scott Blackstock, 206 -938-2144
Saturday, May 17
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
West Duwamish Greenbelt
Help restore the forest in the hills along the Duwamish. Control ivy and blackberry and plant trees in the West Duwamish Greenbelt just south of South Seattle Community College. Professional artists often entertain the work parties.
West Seattle
Saturday, May 17
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
Brandon Street Natural Area on Longfellow Creek
Battle the ivy and blackberries to help the stream ecosystem work for fish, birds, and wildlife. Work at this site at SW Brandon Street and 26th Avenue SW occurs every third Saturday of the month. Call or e-mail to confirm and sign up.
West Seattle
Jay Mirro, 206 -935-6532
Saturday, May 24
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
West Duwamish Greenbelt
Help restore the forest in the hills along the Duwamish. Control ivy and blackberry and plant trees in the West Duwamish Greenbelt just south of South Seattle Community College. Professional artists often entertain the work parties.
West Seattle
Saturday, May 24
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
Thistle Street Green Space on Longfellow Creek
Help restore a three-acre wetland and forest along Longfellow Creek and the Legacy Trail. Work at this site at SW Thistle Street and 25th Avenue SW occurs every fourth Saturday of the month. Call or e-mail to confirm and sign up.
West Seattle
Kirsten Rohrbach,
206-937-7210
Friday, May 30
9 a.m. -
1 p.m.
Garden of Goo
Learn about growing native plants for stream and wetland restoration projects. Activities include starting plants from seed and cuttings, and transplanting and maintaining nursery stock.
Renton
Saturday, May 31
9 a.m. -
1 p.m.
Garden of Goo
Learn about growing native plants for stream and wetland restoration projects. Activities include starting plants from seed and cuttings, and transplanting and maintaining nursery stock.
Renton
Saturday, May 31
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
West Duwamish Greenbelt
Help restore the forest in the hills along the Duwamish. Control ivy and blackberry and plant trees in the West Duwamish Greenbelt just south of South Seattle Community College. Professional artists often entertain the work parties.
West Seattle
Saturday, June 7
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
West Duwamish Greenbelt
Help restore the forest in the hills along the Duwamish. Control ivy and blackberry and plant trees in the West Duwamish Greenbelt just south of South Seattle Community College. Professional artists often entertain the work parties.
West Seattle
Saturday, June 7
9 a.m. -
Noon
Walker Preserve Ivy removal
We will finish the work of removing ivy from inside the trail loop at the west end of the preserve. By helping to remove this ivy, you will be "paving the way" to do some tree planting here this fall.
Normandy Park

Dennis Clark, Basin Steward,
206-296-1909

Saturday, June 14
9 a.m. -
Noon
Stewardship Saturday at the Cove
Come out to improve Miller and Walker Creeks where they flow into Puget Sound. Volunteers will help plant trees and shrubs or control invasive plants. This event is part of the annual spring clean up of the Cove.

Doug Osterman, 206-878-2578
or Tony Cassarino, 206-246-9941

Saturday, June 14
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
West Duwamish Greenbelt
Help restore the forest in the hills along the Duwamish. Control ivy and blackberry and plant trees in the West Duwamish Greenbelt just south of South Seattle Community College. Professional artists often entertain the work parties.
West Seattle
Saturday, June 21
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
West Duwamish Greenbelt
Help restore the forest in the hills along the Duwamish. Control ivy and blackberry and plant trees in the West Duwamish Greenbelt just south of South Seattle Community College. Professional artists often entertain the work parties.
West Seattle
Saturday, June 28
10 a.m. -
2 p.m.
West Duwamish Greenbelt
Help restore the forest in the hills along the Duwamish. Control ivy and blackberry and plant trees in the West Duwamish Greenbelt just south of South Seattle Community College. Professional artists often entertain the work parties.
West Seattle

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