2017 Winter Volunteer Opportunities
Join King County Parks and help improve some of the awesome parks, trails and natural areas within the 28,000 acres of Your Big Backyard! Check out the calendar below for upcoming volunteer events over the next five weeks.
Native tree and shrub planting events
 Come volunteer to help improve King County Parks' stream corridors and urban forests. Spend some time planting native trees and shrubs along our major rivers or in our urban parks. Native trees and shrubs improve the area for wildlife and water quality.
To join a planting event, please register with the volunteer coordinator listed after each event.
Events are Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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February 4
Marymoor Park Birdloop Trail (Redmond)
Eastside Audubon's monthly work party.
Contact Laurie Clinton
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February 11
Soaring Eagle Park (Sammamish)
This planting is for hardy folks who want to be out on backcountry trails in the forest planting understory conifer species.
Contact Tina Miller
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February 11 & March 11
Fall City Park (Fall City)
Join us as we continue to restore Fall City Park! Learn about native plants with the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe while getting a chance to plant trees and shurbs to help establish a new forest. The goal is to restore the park to improve habitat for salmon and other wildlife for generations to come.
Contact Laurie Clinton
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February 25
Three Forks Natural Area (Snoqualmie)
Come join us to plant along the Middle Fork of
the Snoqualmie River at Three Forks Natural Area just under Mt. Si.
Contact Tina Miller
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March 4
Marymoor Park Birdloop Trail (Redmond)
Eastside Audubon's monthly work party. Priority for this work party will be to get the native
hawthorn trees planted. Your help will make the
meadow even better for birds and wildlife habitat.
Contact Lina Rose
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March 4
North Shorewood Park (White Center)
Join neighbors of North Shorewood Park and King County staff as
we work together to restore the health of this awesome community forest in
White Center, just south of West Seattle. We will be working on removing
invasive plants from around native plantings and moving some wood-chip mulch to
protect those native plantings.
Contact Lina Rose
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Backcountry trail work events with WTA
 Give back to those trails that you love! Join King County Parks and the Washington Trails Association this fall and winter to rebuild and repair backcountry trails.
Learn to retread a trail, build a turnpike, or solve drainage problems.
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Events are Tuesdays - Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
January 30-February 4
Grand Ridge Park Water Tower Loop (Issaquah)
February 7-11
Spring Lake/Lake Desire (Renton)
February 14-18
Squak-Cougar Connector (Issaquah)
February 21-25
Grand Ridge Park (Issaquah)
March 14-18
Squak-Cougar Connector (Issaquah)
To register, contact the Washington Trail Association on their website or by calling, 206-965-8561.
* Please note that these events require hiking to the site and events are limited to 20 people and typically are 6-12 volunteers in size.
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