Jan. 28, 2004 King County seeks volunteers to help salvage native plants near Newcastle and give them new life
2004
Archived News
Volunteers are needed Saturday, February 7, in Newcastle to help King County salvage native plants from a development site.
Join
other volunteers from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in a fun-filled morning of
digging up native trees and shrubs in King County. This site is
provided by the Renton School District.
Volunteers
are also needed in the afternoon, from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., following
the salvage project, to help re-pot the plants at King County’s Native
Plant Holding Facility on the Sammamish Plateau.
Salvaged
native plants are used at King County restoration sites and help reduce
erosion, shade streams and provide fish and wildlife habitat. The
"rescued" plants are used to restore stream banks, wetlands and buffers
near a variety of capital improvement and roads projects. Developers,
government, and individual citizens collaborate to make the program
work. Volunteers are vital to King County’s Native Plant Salvage
Program and the community’s help is greatly appreciated.
Directions
to salvage site: From I-405 south of I-90, take Exit 9. Turn east (left
from southbound I-405 or right from northbound I-405) on Lake
Washington Blvd. At Y in road at gas station, continue straight. Stay
on the arterial as it turns left and becomes 68th. Turn right onto
116th. Look for public event signs near Hazelwood Elementary.
Directions
to the Holding Facility: From I-5 or I-405, take I-90 east to the
Highland Dr. exit (NEW exit 18) in Issaquah. Stay left on the off ramp
to continue onto Highland Dr. Continue through several lights. Turn
right onto Issaquah-Fall City Road. Just past Endeavor Elementary
School, stay straight onto Duthie Hill Road. Watch for an event sign
pointing down a driveway on the right at 27101 Duthie Hill Road.
Please contact King County community stewardship specialist Greg Rabourn at 206-296-1923 or greg.rabourn@kingcounty.gov
if you plan to participate in these events. Reasonable accommodations
provided to people with disabilities upon request. TTY: 1-800-6388.
Learn more about King County’s Native Plant Salvage Program online. |
