2016 Fall 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!
Native tree and shrub planting events
 Come volunteer to help improve King County Parks' stream corridors and urban forests and join the effort to plant native trees and shrubs! This is a great chance to get dirty and help out our salmon and wildlife, as well as improve air quality. Planting trees is a key component to affecting climate change - be part of the 'growing movement'! There are also invasive weed removal projects and trail projects. Check out the calendar below for upcoming volunteer events over the next five weeks.
To join an event, please register with the volunteer coordinator listed after each event.
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Events are Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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October 8
Maury Island Marine Park (Vashon Island)
Join King County Parks, Whale
Scouts and Friends of Maury Island Marine Park as we rehabilitate this
beautiful site by planting Garry oak trees.
Contact Lina Rose
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October 8
Ravensdale Park Cemetery Reach (Ravensdale/Maple Valley)
Come join this planting along the head waters of
Rock Creek.
Contact Tina Miller
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October 15
Sierra Heights Park (Renton)
Join King County Parks and
Honeycreek Homeowners Association as we work to restore this lovely
neighborhood park. We will be planting native trees and shrubs in an area
of the park previously inhabited by Himalayan blackberry.
Contact Lina Rose
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October 22
Cecil Moses
Memorial Park (Tukwila)
Celebrate Duwamish Alive with
King County Parks and EarthCorps! On this day we will plant native trees
and shrubs along the Duwamish River in Tukwila. Previous volunteers have
spotted salmon, Stellar Sea Lions and Great Blue Heron. Join us to make this
small park along the Green River Regional Trail a healthier habitat.
Contact Lina
Rose
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October 22
Log Cabin Natural Area (Issaquah)
This site protects over a mile of Issaquah
Creek. Come help plant native trees and shrubs.
Contact Tina Miller
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October 29
North
Shorewood Park (White Center)
Join King County Parks and
Friends of North Shorewood Park in this great White Center park. We will
be planting native plants to improve the health of this important urban forest.
Contact
Lina Rose
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October 29
Three Forks Natural Area (Snoqualmie)
A site just below Mt Si, along the Snoqualmie
Middle Fork River, needs planting.
Contact Tina Miller
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November 5
Renton Park (Renton)
Join King County Parks in
planting this greenbelt in Renton. Volunteers have been working all year
to remove invasive plants from areas within the park and now we get to plant those
spots!
Contact Lina Rose
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November 5
Taylor Mountain Forest (Issaquah)
Come plant this old home site
to re-establish a healthy forest.
Contact Tina Miller
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November 5 (9 a.m. to Noon)
Marymoor Park
Birdloop Trail (Redmond)
This month will be a tree planting work party. Please join Eastside Audubon
for their monthly work party. This is an ongoing volunteer service that
greatly benefits birds and wildlife in Marymoor Park.
Contact Laurie
Clinton
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 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
October 10-15
Cougar/Squack Corridor
October 18-22
Tolt MacDonald Park
October 25-29
Taylor Mountain Forest
November 1-5
Pinnacle Peak
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.
AT&T @ Northshore Athletic Fields | DOXA Community Church @ Maplewood Park | Homeschool
Squad @ multiple King County parks | Expedia @ Juanita Woodlands and Cougar-Squak
Corridor Park | Maple Valley LDS @ multiple King County parks for Renton Day of Caring | Washington Trust for Public Land @
Cougar-Squak Corridor Park | Maple Valley LDS Boy Scouts @ Taylor Mountain
Forest | Boeing @ Cavanaugh Pond | Eastside Audubon
Society & Community @ the Marymoor Bird Loop Trail | Maple Valley Community
Center @ Habenicht Park | FM Global @
Preston Athletic Fields | Microsoft @ White Center Heights Park and Marymoor
Park | Seattle Pacific University @
North Shorewood Park | Overlake 6th Graders @ Marymoor Park
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