Volunteer opportunities abound at third-annual Duwamish Alive! habitat restoration event, Oct. 11

There’s a boatload of opportunities to help restore fish and wildlife habitat along the Duwamish River by participating in the third-annual Duwamish Alive! habitat restoration and clean-up event, Saturday, Oct. 11.

Habitat clean-up and restoration activities are scheduled at eight locations along the Duwamish on Oct. 11 – from Herring’s House Park, just south of Harbor Island, to Codiga Park, several miles upstream in Tukwila.

Volunteers will help the environment by pulling weeds, mulching, planting native vegetation and picking up debris from along the banks of the Duwamish.

Activities run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 11. Work gloves, tools, snacks and beverages will be provided, although volunteers are encouraged to bring their own gloves, tools and refillable water bottles, if they have them.

The Duwamish River, which empties into Elliott Bay in south Seattle, is home to a wide array of fish and wildlife species, including the endangered chinook salmon, plus coho salmon, pink salmon, chum salmon and steelhead. Birds, ranging from bald eagles to great blue herons, call the Duwamish home, as do otters, raccoons and other wildlife.

More information is available at http://www.pugetsound.org/events/duwamishalive.

Gateway Park North
Eighth Avenue South and Othello Street, Georgetown

Codiga Park.
12535 50th Pl. S., Tukwila

Duwamish Riverbend Hill
East Marginal Way Southwest and South 115th Street, Tukwila

Pigeon Point Park/Cooper School
1901 SW Genesee St., Seattle

Hamm Creek Estuary
10000 W Marginal Place S., Seattle

Roxhill Park
9244 29th Ave SW, at the corner and Southwest Barton Street and 29th Avenue Southwest

Herring’s House Park
4460 W. Marginal Way SW, Seattle

Turning Basin No. 3
10054 W Marginal Place S, Seattle

King County is a member of the Duwamish Alive! Coalition, and is committed to protecting and restoring the Duwamish River and all other waterways within the county. More information about King County’s environmental services is available at http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment.aspx.

Related Information

Duwamish Alive! (External link)

The Dirt: Hands-on Volunteer Opportunities

King County Environmental Services

King County Water and Land Resources Division