As we celebrate Seattle’s only RIVER, the Duwamish in a community effort to improve the health of our Green-Duwamish Watershed by promoting awareness about it, and coordinating efforts to improve and enhance native habitat health and water quality so that people and wildlife can thrive in our urban community.
Our forested areas such as the Duwamish Greenbelt, one of the largest in the lower section of the river, provide important air and water filtration of pollution, especially storm runoff one of the major sources polluting our waters. Tree canopy cover also reduces our summer heat domes, unequally affecting low income, communities of color to a greater degree. Duwamish Alive Coalition continues to nurture and expand tree canopy within our local communities which suffer the effects of pollution and heat domes.
The river ecosystem supports 5 salmon species including the threatened Chinook salmon which is a critical food source for our Southern Orcas; along with wildlife that includes river otters, beavers, bald eagles, and blue herons. Each of our habitat sites supports this web of life while providing important environmental benefits to our communities.
We will be working at the following multiple sites for this event, a special link is provided for each volunteer site registration. This is a family friendly event, all ages welcome. Tools, instruction and snacks are provided.
Duwamish Hill Preserve, Tukwila Green Tukwila Partnership
Cecil Moses Park, Tukwila King County Parks
Point Rediscovery at Hamm Creek, Seattle DIRT Corps
həʔapus Village Park and Shoreline Habitat, Seattle Port of Seattle & DIRT Corps
Roxhill Bog at Roxhill Park, Seattle Green Seattle Partnership/Seattle Parks
Herrings House Park, Seattle Green Seattle Partnership/Seattle Parks
Duwamish Longhouse, Seattle Duwamish Alive Coalition and Duwamish Tribe: email: info@duwamishalive.org
Log House Museum, Seattle Southwest Seattle Historical Society
