More than 18,000 new trees planted in the Mountains to Sound Greenway
January 5, 2010
By Staff
More than 1,200 volunteers have endured rain, snow and frozen soil to successfully plant more than 18,000 trees and shrubs in the Mountains to Sound Greenway this past fall.Volunteer groups joined events at Lake Sammamish State Park and Timberlake Park in Issaquah, Riverfront Park in North Bend, and Mercerdale Hillside and Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island. Conservation corps crews and volunteers will continue to plant trees into 2010.
Beginning this month, volunteers will turn to tree care in the greenway native plant nursery at Lake Sammamish State Park. In the first few months of this year, volunteers will pot thousands of native, bare-root seedlings to replenish the nursery after the busy fall tree-planting season. In spring and summer, volunteers will weed, water and care for the trees and shrubs to ensure their survival. In one or two years, the plants will have grown large enough to be transplanted into public parks and natural areas in the greenway.
Greenway restoration events are scheduled most Saturdays at natural areas between Mercer Island and North Bend. Upcoming events include:
-Jan. 9 — tree potting at Greenway Native Plant Nursery (Issaquah)
-Jan. 16 — tree potting at Greenway Native Plant Nursery (Issaquah)
-Jan. 16 — invasive weed removal at Riverfront Park (North Bend)
-Jan. 23 — tree potting at Greenway Native Plant Nursery (Issaquah)
-Jan. 23 — invasive weed removal at Riverfront Park (North Bend)
To sign up to volunteer, go to www.mtsgreenway.org/volunteer, call 206-812-0122 or e-mail volunteer@mtsgreenway.org.
Full-day and half-day shifts are available. The Greenway Trust can arrange specific events for workplace teams, school groups, Scouts or other groups.
The Mountains to Sound Greenway connects natural areas, trails, working farms and forests, historic towns and communities, wildlife habitat and recreation opportunities from Seattle across the Cascade Mountains to Central Washington. The greenway provides easy access to recreation and nature for millions of people in the Northwest, a key to the quality of life in this region.
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust leads and inspires action to conserve and enhance this landscape, ensuring a long-term balance between people and nature. Since 1991, the Greenway Trust has worked to promote public land acquisitions, connect a continuous regional trail system, teach people of all ages about the importance of conserving forests and wildlife, improve recreation access, create new parks and trails and mobilize thousands of volunteers.
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