Volunteer Event: West Duwamish Greenbelt

Date & Time

Friday, April 17, 2009
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Event Description

Join EarthCorps, Nure Cnsortium, City Year, 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.

Today we will be performing restoration site maintenance. You should also expect to remove ivy, blackberry and other invasive plants that are detrimental to the native habitat,

Directions

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DIRECTIONS BY BUS: Our work site is very close to the South Seattle Community College on 16th Ave SW. We will be meeting in the parking lot of the college. For specific directions from your address, go to tripplanner.metrokc.gov . Enter the South Seattle Communtiy College as your final destination. Be sure to enter the DATE and TIME you want to be there.

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 turn LEFT into South Seattle Community College. Park in the large Parking Lot across from the SSCC Arboretum. You will see the EarthCorps
Volunteer Event Registration Table.

For more information, contact:

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

Day-of-event contact:

Chris LaPointe
(206) 793-8030