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Strong Communities, Healthy Forests! Our community - powered Partnership to maintain healthy forested parklands in Seattle. #greenseattle

⁠ Happy Flora Friday! Let's learn about a small

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Happy Flora Friday! Let's learn about a small tree that is sometimes overlooked in PNW forests. Though small, cascara is an important native tree for Washington wildlife. You can also often find cascaras in urban settings, in our parks, as well as small gardens or for lining streets, due to their small size. They can grow to between 15 and⁠
30 feet tall, and do well in both wet, dry, sunny, and shady conditions.⁠
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They do well just about everywhere!⁠
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Cascara has silvery gray bark, the leaves are dark green ovals, and can turn to a lovely yellow or red-orange in⁠
fall. The fruits are little, dark purple drupes (fruit with 2 or 3 seeds) that birds and other mammals love to feed on, and the flowers provide food to pollinators. Next time you⁠
find yourself exploring your urban forest in sunny weather, keep an eye out for these small but valuable trees!⁠
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#florafriday #understory #smallbutmighty #greenseattle

Thanks to all who have applied so far for the 2021

Thanks to all who have applied so far for the 2021 Forest Steward Training. This is the final reminder that applications are due by next Monday, August 2nd for this year's training. ⁠
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The position information, application, and Q&A Video can be found at www.greenseattle.org/get-involved/become-a-forest-steward/ or the link in bio. ⁠
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#GreenSeattle #ForestSteward #UrbanForests #VolunteerSeattle #SeattleParks

Join the @PartnerinEmployment Youth Steward Crew f

Join the @PartnerinEmployment Youth Steward Crew for a Volunteer Event at Westcrest Park on Thursday, July 26th from 10am-noon. Volunteers will be mulching and caring for young plants planted last year. ⁠
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Sign up now at seattle.greencitypartnerships.org/19842/ or at the link in bio. ⁠
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#VolunteerSeattle #VolunteerOutside #GreenSeattle #Enviroinment

We are so grateful for our professional crews and

We are so grateful for our professional crews and all they do for the Green Seattle Partnership!⁠
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The sites where crews work is not always visible or easily accessible, so this post provides some insight on where to see these talented professionals in action. Crews are active in the “wilder” parts of Seattle’s forested natural areas in places like the East and West Duwamish Greenbelts, the bluffs facing Puget Sound at Discovery Park and the steep ravines of Lakeridge Park’s Deadhorse Canyon. ⁠
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We are also have professional crews actively working in smaller parks where the terrain is too steep or wet for others to effectively work or in areas where there isn’t a significant community stewardship presence.⁠
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To read more about our Professional Crews and they work they are doing in Seattle Parks head over to the link in bio or greenseattle.org/blog⁠
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📸: Jimmy Thomas of the Garden Cycles Crew⁠
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#GreenSeattle #EnvironmentalRestoration #EnvironmentalSteawrdship #ProfessionalCrews

As you walk along beaches in the Puget Sound, you

As you walk along beaches in the Puget Sound, you can't help but look around at all the signs of life on the beach. Seaweed washed ashore, shells of all shapes and size, the urban forest in the distance, and of course signs of shore crabs! If you have seen an occupied or discarded crab shell that is about 6 cm in width, you have come across one of the most widespread shore crabs in North America. ⁠
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The Purple Shore Crab, as the name suggests mainly lives on beaches and does not go far into the ocean. You can find them in intertidal zones along the Puget Sound, hunkered down in burrows under the sand waiting for dusk so they can come out to feed on green algae, snail eggs, and other small things on the shore.⁠
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Unlike, their name suggests, Purple Shore Crabs are not always purple. They can be brown, rusty, olive green, and purple. Juvenile crabs have a larger variation in colors than adults, but all may be different shades throughout their lifetime depending on their diet. All of the Purple Shore Crabs do have white-tipped, speckled pincers so if you see one be aware that they will pinch you!⁠
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To learn more about the Purple Shore Crab, check out the Seattle Aquarium's website in our linkin.bio!⁠
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If you are interested in learning more about the Puget Sound's beach-faring wildlife, checkout the Seattle Aquarium's Beach Naturalist program! Trained and enthusiastic volunteers are available at several beaches in the area to answer questions about marine life and help show you critters you may have overlooked otherwise! To view the full schedule check out our linkin.bio!⁠
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#healthyforest #healthywaters #crabs #intertidalzone #beaches #greenseattle

We are hosting an Info Session about being a Fores

We are hosting an Info Session about being a Forest Steward next Wednesday, July 21st at 5pm on @GreenSeattlePartnership YouTube Live. ⁠
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This will be an opportunity to learn more about the Green Seattle Partnership, the Forest Steward Position, and to ask any questions you might have. ⁠
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Come with questions, or DM or email info@greenseattle.org with any questions ahead of time. ⁠
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#GreenSeattle #VolunteerSeattle #SeattleParks #ForestSteward

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