Volunteer for some good ‘green’ fun this Saturday at Duwamish Alive! event

Put on some work clothes, bring your enthusiasm and celebrate Earth Day by helping to restore fish and wildlife habitat around the Duwamish Waterway on Saturday, April 18.

A thousand volunteers are needed to staff work parties that begin at 10 a.m. as part of the annual Duwamish Alive! Earth Day community celebration.

There are a dozen sites along the waterway where people are needed to help pull weeds, mulch planting areas, plant native vegetation, and pick up debris and trash. Organizers will provide tools, gloves, and instructions. REI will provide refreshments at all restoration work sites.
 
After the work parties, people are invited to enjoy some good “green” fun at a community festival from 2 to 5 p.m. at Cooper Elementary School, 1901 SW Genesee St., Seattle. The event will feature art exhibits, live performances, environmental education tables and community activities including kids’ crafts, nature hikes, and a chance to win prizes.

To volunteer or get more information, visit the Web at http://www.pugetsound.org/events/duwamishalive, e-mail da@pugetsound.org or call 206-382-7007.

Duwamish Alive! is organized and supported by the following citizen groups and government agencies: Alki Kayak Tours; Cascade Land Conservancy; CleanScapes; City of Seattle; City of Tukwila; Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition; EarthCorps; Edwards Mother Earth Foundation; Elliott Bay Restoration Panel; Environmental Coalition of South Seattle; EOS Alliance; U. S. Environmental Protection Agency; Friends of Duwamish Riverbend Hill; Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed Forum of Local Governments; Green Seattle Partnership; Georgetown Community Council; IM-A-PAL Foundation; King County; King Conservation District; Longfellow Creek Watershed Council; Nature Consortium; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; People For Puget Sound; Port of Seattle; REI; Restore America's Estuaries; Seattle Parks and Recreation; Veterans Conservation Corps; Washington State Department of Ecology.

People enjoy clean water and a healthy environment because of King County's wastewater treatment program. The county's Wastewater Treatment Division protects public health and water quality by serving 17 cities, 17 local sewer districts and more than 1.4 million residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Formerly called Metro, the regional clean-water agency now operated by King County has been preventing water pollution for more than 40 years.

Note to editors and reporters: Visit the WTD Newsroom, a portal to information for the news media about the Wastewater Treatment Division, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks: http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/Newsroom.aspx.

Related information

Duwamish Alive! (External link)

King County Wastewater Treatment Division