Green Seattle Partnership

Shoutout to DNDA for engaging youth stewards! Earlier in the month DNDA hosted 40 youth from Kennedy Catholic High School for the school's annual service retreat. Students removed blackberry from a restoration site in Camp Long's central forest and planted over 100 native plants.

Check out this amazing training opportunity from our partners at Dirt Corps!

Strolls around Seward Park’s main loop and along its multiple trails are a popular choice for those who are wanting to be surrounded by nature and take in some fresh air. In addition to having gorgeous views of Lake Washington and Mount Rainier, Seward Park is also home to the Magnificent Forest, a haven for all kinds of wildlife. To keep the Magnificent Forest healthy, the Friends of Seward Park's Forest Health Project has focused on researching the root cause of sword fern die-offs. After years of volunteer-led work, next steps require professional scientific research in order to understand and promote forest health not only in the Magnificent Forest, but across the region. ?? Connect with project volunteers in-person at our Earth Day event at Town Hall Seattle on April 22! Learn more about their work: https://lnkd.in/g9inC4dE Photo courtesy of Friends of Seward Park and WSU Puyallup’s Ornamental Plant Pathology program

Sign up for Nature Day Camps at Carkeek Park and Discovery Park! Don't miss out on a summer of exploration at two of Seattle's most beautiful parks, Carkeek and Discovery! All program listings viewable here: https://lnkd.in/gz_W8da3

Happy Women's History Month! To celebrate, GSP is highlighting some of the women across our partnership who are shaping the future of Seattle’s urban forest. From restoration work, to connecting folks to their local environment, these women bring expertise and dedication to every action they do, empowering communities and the next generation of women in the field. Meet the women who make up our partnership! https://lnkd.in/gysBMWSK

Green Seattle Partnership hosted the first Public Engagement Committee Meeting of the year at partner org DNDA’s home base at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in Delridge. The group broke out to discuss collaboration priorities for 2025, heard from Serve Ethiopian’s Washington during a presentation on their engagement strategies, did a calendaring exercise to build out partnership-wide outreach and engagement opportunities for 2025 and heard an update on the strategic planning engagement strategy.

Big shout out & appreciation to the GSP Natural Area Crew (NAC)! The NAC has been hard at work with blackberry cutting and other projects for partner organizations and forest stewards citywide before primary bird nesting season begins! What is the NAC? The NAC is a Seattle Parks and Recreation professional crew that performs maintenance and specialized labor for the Green Seattle Partnership on Seattle forested parks and natural areas. The knockdown picture above was completed at Colman Park, Pigeon Point, Kubota Garden Natural Area, Discovery and Be’er Sheva Park!

Join us in learning about 4 black Americans that have advanced conservation efforts, environmentalism, and activism; reshaping the field as we know it today: Charles Young, Dr. John Francis, Majora Carter, and Margie Richard. Read the University of Connecticut's full article here: https://lnkd.in/gaCJnRPA

Representation is environmental spaces is extremely important but historically overlooked, so we encourage you to take a few minutes to read the National Forest Foundation’s article ‘The Untold Story of Black American Forestry.’ This article highlights the contributions of black Americans in forest stewardship dating back to the beginning of U.S. Forest Service: https://lnkd.in/gh6GT7c2

Job Alert! Check out this opportunity with our friends down in Tacoma.