Want to Volunteer? Green Seattle Partnership Would Love Your Help!

Find the Green Seattle Partnership at a Summer Festival  Green Seattle Partnership will be tabling at  some festivals and community events this summer. We are excited to talk about forest restoration, connect people with their local parks and recruit more volunteers for the coming restoration season. If you are at one of these events, come by our booth, say hi and play a round of native plant twister! If you are interested in helping with outreach at one of  the following events please email kcava@forterra.org., we will give you all the training you need to talk about the Green Seattle Partnership and the work that we do.  Jefferson Park Jubilee at Jefferson Park on July 14th Delridge Day Festival at Delridge Community Center and Park on August 18th Othello Park International Music and Art Festival at Othello Park on August 19th Big Day of Play- Healthy Parks, Healthy You at Warren G. Magnuson Park on Aug 25th  Sustainable Ballard at Ballard Commons Park on Sept 30th
Native Plants Gives Benefits to Humans and Birds co-written by Eric Carlson and Katie Cava Just as plants are good indicators of the health of an environment, so too are birds. Invasive birds such as European Starlings, Pigeons (Rock Doves) and House Sparrows have adapted to some of the most degraded habitat we know: urban centers. House Sparrows and Starlings are especially problematic due to their aggressive behavior and tendency to invade nesting cavities used by native birds such as Bluebirds, Woodpeckers.  As the Green Seattle Partnership works to restore Seattle’s urban forests and natural spaces we are improving the health of the ecosystems used by both birds and humans.  Healthy forests filled with native plants offer native food sources to birds like the Black Capped Chickadee, the Song Sparrow and the Dark-eyed Junco.  Join the effort to restore our forest by volunteering at an upcoming event. Birds in Green Seattle Partnership Parks  Bird and wildlife run and flutter throughout our Seattle forest. Sometimes we can miss the wildlife for the trees and native plants. In order to highlight all the great birds that are utilizing our restored forests, we created a Facebook Album of great bird pictures capture in Green Seattle Partnership parks. Take a look at our photos (most taken by Forest Steward and restoration volunteers) and share your bird pictures with us!
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