by Maya Klem | Oct 15, 2018 | Find Your Forest, Restoration Resources
On the Green Seattle Day poster it says “Plant a Tree.” That is a bit of an over simplification of what will be going down on Green Seattle Day. The Green Seattle Partnership plants native trees, like Douglas-fir and western redcedar, but the majority of the plants...
by Chris Rippey | Jul 24, 2018 | Restoration Resources
In the last two-years, Seattle Parks and Recreation Urban Forestry staff have received increasing reports of dead Thuja plicata, Western redcedars, in Seattle Parks. Our arborists have also been observing more Western redcedar deaths in the last several years. I have...
by Michael Yadrick | Jul 19, 2018 | Restoration Resources
History of Seattle’s Madrones In the late 1800s, explorers mistakenly named Seattle’s Magnolia area after seeing an abundance of broadleaf evergreen trees common to the Salish Sea and Puget Trough – Arbutus menziesii or Pacific madrone. Nurtured by nature,...
by Green Seattle | Jun 14, 2018 | Guest Posts, Restoration Resources
Some of the smallest visitors to Seattle’s forested parklands are also some of the most vital. I am referring not to toddlers but to pollinators – those birds and insects that make plant reproduction possible. In an effort to better welcome these creatures...
by Nicole Marcotte | May 23, 2018 | Restoration Resources
An important principle of restoration is identifying reference ecological communities to serve as guides for planning projects, while also creating benchmarks for evaluating success. Here at Green Seattle, we have identified reference ecosystems for all of our...
by Jeb Polstein | May 11, 2018 | Restoration Resources, Science and Research
Are you looking for something to do this summer? How about a job or internship that provides valuable career experience and a chance to steward the beautiful Pacific Northwest? Look no further. We at Green Seattle Partnership have compiled a list of great...
