by | 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 Paul Fischer and Ben Barenboim | Mar 4, 2020 | Guest Posts, Science and Research
Two Years of Hard-Earned Lessons in Seedling Survival Seattle Parks and Recreation along with the Green Seattle Partnership work hard to ensure tree planting projects lead to healthy and resilient forests. To better understand how well our seedlings are surviving,...
by Nicole Gutierrez | Aug 28, 2019 | Find Your Forest, Guest Posts
The Legacy Trail If you happen to be taking a stroll down the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail in West Seattle, you may be surprised by the diversity of habitats you find yourself in. One moment you will be enjoying a shaded forest next to a meandering creek, and the...
by Ben Antonius | Jun 24, 2019 | Guest Posts, Partner Spotlight
FREE Festival at Camp Long – June 29th & 30th Regular visitors to Camp Long are already familiar with the park’s towering forests and the active restoration projects taking place through the Green Seattle Partnership. This weekend, however, Camp Long will...
by Sharon Leishman & Whitney Neugebauer | Jun 6, 2019 | Guest Posts, Science and Research
Everything is connected from the tree tops to the whales’ flukes. How is your work as a volunteer supporting the health of our local Southern Resident orcas? This is a question we should be considering, especially during June, which is Orca Action Month. Recent media...
by Ben Antonius | Jun 4, 2019 | Guest Posts, Partner Spotlight
For 45 minutes, which can be an eternity in kindergartner time, the students hauled buckets of mulch and dutifully emptied them around young native plants. Then finally, it was time to build. On a sunny Friday along Longfellow Creek, teaching artist Jules Hepp led...