End of the year volunteer opportunities with King County Parks
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 before the end of 2015.
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.
- Dec. 5: Taylor Mountain Forest (near Hobart/Maple Valley) - Contact Tina Miller, Natural Lands Volunteer Coordinator, at 206-477-6112 or via email.
- Dec. 5: Fred W. Habenicht Park (Maple Valley) - Contact Lina Rose, Parks Volunteer Coordinator, at 206-491-3269 or via email.
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.
Events are Tuesdays -
Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Nov. 24-28 - Grand Ridge
Park (Issaquah)
- Dec. 1-5 - Taylor Mountain
Forest (Hobart)
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.
Big appreciation shout out to our
amazing volunteers this past month
Eastside Audubon
Society & Community at the Marymoor BirdLoop Trail | Washington Trails Association at Cougar Mountain & Grand Ridge Park | Cascade
Middle School at Dick Thurnau Memorial Park | Adventure School at Big Finn Hill Park
| Snoqualmie Tribe & Community at Tolt MacDonal Park | Cub Scouts and Cascadia & Bellevue Colleges at Renton Park | Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance & Community at Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park | Campbell Hill Elementary School at Skyway Park | Cascade College Environmental Science Students at Chinook Bend
Community and many more at North Shorewood Park,
Cougar/Squak Corridor Park, Log Cabin Natural Area,
Cedar Grove Natural Area, and Skyway Park
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