Forest Steward’s Steps to Getting Started

Steward Annual Planning Booklet

Stewardship Planning Guide

Green Seattle Drought Tolerance Strategies

Green Seattle Soil Terminology 

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design – Best Management Practices

The Seattle Parks Trails Program creates and maintains miles and miles of trails that run through our natural areas. Forest Stewards have to take trails into consideration when doing their restoration work, specifically around planting.  You can read the most recent Forest Stewards Trail Corridor Best Management Practices  to learn more.

Butterfly Habitat

Forest Parkland Restoration Planning related to Breeding Birds in Seattle

Impacts of Habitat Restoration and the Status of Avian Communities in Seattle City Parks

Native Pollinator Habitat Restoration Guide (EarthCorps)

Washington Native Pollinator Plant Lists (Matthew Schwartz)  (it is a workbook, so look for tabs at the bottom for different habitat types)

Washington Native Pollinator Plant Glossary (Matthew Schwartz)

Beaver Management: Guide & Strategies

Wetland Best Management Practices for Volunteer Forest Stewards

Need help identifying a native plant?
Burke Museum Herbarium Image Collection
Green Cities Plant Guide

Native Look-a-likes:
Identifying native and invasive maples
Distinguishing between giant hogweed, poison hemlock, and cow parsnip
Identifying native and invasive cherry
Identifying native and invasive hawthorns

Winter Twig Identification
Native Plant Winter Twig ID Booklet

Using Target Forest Types to develop a plant list
•    King County Native Plant Guide
•    WNPS Native Plants for Western Washington Gardens and Restoration Projects

Green Seattle Seed Mix 2016: Background Information & Findings (Schroeter & Dietzman 2016)

Green Cities Plant Propagation Booklet

Plant Propagation training by Bridget Lamp (2010)

Plant Propagation training by Clay Antieau (2010)

Discovery Park Plant Propagation training by Tom Palm (2010)

Resources for identifying and reporting Asian Longhorn Beetle(ALB)

• Asian Longhorned Beetle Fact Sheet
• Asian Longhorned Beetle Look-a-likes

Emerald ash borer resources

Seattle Parks Comprehensive Target Weed List

Seattle Parks Woody Invasive Target List

King County Noxious Weed Resources

Are you a Forest Steward with an active restoration project that has invasive trees or plants that need herbicide treatment?  Fill out the herbicide request form to get it addressed by professional crews.