by Kalee Snorden | Dec 31, 2020 | Program Updates
2020 looked different for the Green Seattle Partnership in many ways. The pandemic disrupted our volunteer events, reduced funding committed to restoration work, limited training activities, and hugely impacted partnerships with youth and school programs, not to...
by Green Seattle | May 9, 2020 | Guest Posts, Program Updates, Science and Research
GSP Forest Monitoring Program turns 10! Did you know that the Green Seattle Partnership has been systematically monitoring the structure and composition of Seattle’s forested parklands for ten years?!? While inventorying and measuring vegetation have been ongoing in...
by Fate Syewoangnuan | Jan 30, 2020 | Program Updates
The numbers for 2019 are in and they are absolutely incredible! Over the course of 72,248 volunteer hours, there were 90,233 native plants installed, and 2,925 trees saved from English ivy. This work took place across 155 parks and at 1,522 volunteer events, which is...
by Green Seattle | Dec 3, 2019 | Program Updates
In 2015 REI closed their doors on Black Friday for the first time to launch their #OptOutside campaign. This year they’re doing more by encouraging community members to take action and #OptToAct! Now its time to plan for the next 52 weeks of action. We’ve...
by Michael Yadrick | Apr 25, 2019 | Program Updates
Bird Alley: A Hostpot for BiodiversityDiscovery Park’s Bird Alley is properly named due its hotspot status for bird abundance and diversity. In Seattle’s largest park, this area is very high profile and visible to the public due its proximity to popular...
by Michael Yadrick | Mar 20, 2019 | Program Updates
What is maintenance? We refer to the latter phases of GSP restoration, phases 3 and 4, as establishment and maintenance respectively. This work happens after initial invasive species removal has occurred, and native plants have been installed. In these phases we...
