8/7 West Duwamish Greenbelt

Date & Time

Saturday, August 7, 2010
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Event Description

Join EarthCorps, Nature Consortium, the Green Seattle Partnership and the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation in efforts to restore the largest contiguous greenbelt in Seattle. The greenbelt is home to a diverse population of wildlife and provides an important corridor for migrating birds. Work with us and learn the secret to keeping this valuable resource viable habitat for animals and a great resource for humans.

We will remove ivy, blackberry and other invasive plants that are detrimental to the native habitat, plant native trees to restore the native tree canopy, and perform past worksite maintenance.

Directions

Registration and Meeting location is the Brandon Street dead end just east of the interesection of 16th Ave SW & SW Brandon Street. Please park on SW 16th Street.

We encourage volunteers to carpool or utilize public transportation to our events.

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DIRECTIONS BY BUS: Please use King County Metro Online to plan your trip.

DIRECTIONS BY CAR: FROM I-5 or ROUTE 99 take the WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE to DELRIDGE WAY SW. Drive SOUTH on DELRIDGE WAY SW to the third light. At the light turn LEFT onto SW OREGON ST. Follow arterial to top of hill bearing right onto 21ST AVE SW. Follow the road along to the left as it becomes SW DAWSON ST and then continues on as 16TH AVE SW. Follow 16TH AVE SW a 1/4 mile and park near SW Brandon Street. Look for the EarthCorps Volunteer Registration Table at the end of SW Brandon Street.

For more information, contact:

Chris LaPointe, Volunteer Program Manager
(206) 322-9296, ext. 217
chrisearthcorps.org

Day-of-event contact:

Elizabeth White
(206) 255-4160