Volunteer information

Weed Watchers

Lakes

Join the Lake Weed Watcher Program and help us find aquatic weeds while there's still a chance to stop them. Contact Katie Messick for more information. Read the latest Summary Report to see what we did in 2009.

Trails

Join the Mid Fork-South Fork Snoqualmie Invasive Weed Control Project. Hikers are needed to survey the trails of the Mid Fork Valley and the Snoqualmie Gateway area of the South Fork Snoqualmie. Contact Sasha Shaw or Mark Boyar for more information. 2010 Orientation Meeting will held on June 13 at Snoqualmie District Ranger Station in North Bend (click here for flyer). Read the latest Program Report to see what we did in 2009.

Where else can I volunteer?

King County Parks and Natural Lands – Contact: Tina Miller, 206-296-2990, tina.miller@kingcounty.gov. Check out The Dirt for upcoming hands-on volunteer events.

Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust – Contact the volunteer program at 206-812-0122, volunteer@mtsgreenway.org.

Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed - volunteer schedule for salmon restoration projects.

EarthCorps - volunteer opportunities for individuals and/or groups to work on trails, remove invasive plants, and plant native species. Lots of great opportunities for completing Service Learning hours for school credit.

Green Seattle Partnership - Work Party Calendar - forest restoration volunteers remove invasive plants, plant new native trees and understory plants, and do long term maintenance and monitoring of restoration sites.

Nature Consortium/ Urban Forest Restoration/ West Duwamish Greenbelt - work parties every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 10am-2pm; Tuesdays will be held at the Pigeon Point location and Thursdays will be at the 14th Ave SW and SW Holly St location. The first and second Saturdays of the month will be held at 14th and Holly and the remaining Saturdays at Pigeon Point. Nature Consortium's Urban Forest Restoration Project is committed to the long-term stewardship and restoration of the West Duwamish Greenbelt. The Greenbelt is the largest remaining contiguous forest within Seattle city limits, consisting of 182 acres in park land and another 300 acres in privately owned land.

Other Cities – contact your local parks department or utilities to see if they have work parties or volunteer events. If they don’t, offer to volunteer in your neighborhood and gather neighbors for a work party.

Where do I get money for projects?

Stewardship Funding Sources. Great website listing a wide range of government and private funding sources for this area (scroll down to Resources).

King County Grants Exchange (scroll down to Water and Land Resources Grants). Contact Ken Pritchard at 206-296-8265, ken.pritchard@kingcounty.gov.

Washington State Department of Ecology, Aquatic Weeds Financial Assistance Program. For more information email: jrus461@ecy.wa.gov.

City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Matching Fund. For more information: 206-684-0464.

City of Seattle Aquatic Habitat Matching Grant.

City of Seattle Watershed Grants. For more information, contact Anthony Matlock, Seattle Public Utilities, Community Project Manager, at 206-386-9746, or anthony.matlock@seattle.gov.

Volunteer photos - click thumbnail for larger image

Program offices are located at 201 S. Jackson St., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104. To contact a staff member at the King County Noxious Weed Control Program, please call 206-296-0290 or by reach them by email.