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Urban forest restoration in 2,500 acres of city parks in OUR community by 2025!

Urban forests help clean the air and water, prevent erosion, retain storm water runoff, and provide habitat for urban wildlife. Urban forests are essential members of a vibrant, livable and safe neighborhoods!

04/23/2026

The applications for the 2026 King County Parks - Your Big Backyard Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) are now open!

YCC is a paid ($22/hr) 6-week summer internship open to rising 10th-12th graders who live in King County. Teens can. Applications are due by April 27th!

In this program, interns will participate in the following activities, no prior experience necessary:

🌲Hands-on ecological restoration practice
🌲Environmental Justice learning workshops
🌲Environmental career exploration
🌲Community building with local BIPOC professionals and changemakers
🌲Leadership development and empowerment
🌲Connection with nature

Apply here: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/kingcounty/jobs/5305427/youth-conservation-corps-intern

04/22/2026

Why don't we plant trees during Earth Day? Each year, we officially kick-off the planting season with our Green Seattle Day celebrations in November, and continue to plant through the end of winter in March.

So what makes November the better month to plant trees in Seattle?
🌲The cool, cloudy, and usually rainy days of the fall and winter provide ideal planting conditions here in Seattle.
🌲Fall soil is warm and aerated, and many plants actively grow roots during this time. Some species will continue root growth through our mild winters, and most begin their most vigorous root-growth period in the late winter or early spring.
🌲Planting in the fall and winter also gives us time to better prepare our plants for the dry months ahead; we do this by adding sufficient mulch for nutrients and moisture retention, as well as burlap and cardboard for suppressing future w**d growth.

04/14/2026

On this National Gardening Day, we celebrate our Green Seattle Partnership partners who met on Friday April 3rd for our first quarterly Relational Land Care (RLC) event. RLC events are a chance for GSP staff and community partners to have some time together in person to steward the land, build relationships, share skills, and get creative about collaborations.

Together, we removed 2070 square feet of Ivy and learned about each other as organizations and people. The partnership aspect of GSP felt really important to many folks and we celebrated the fact that, at the heart of it, GSP is all about the wonderful people who show up for the land, for community, and for each other.

Big thanks to Joselynn, Heron‘s Nest, and Duwamish Tribal Services for hosting us in the West Duwamish Greenbelt, kudos to our Natural Area Crew for doing a lot of the leg work, and thanks to everyone who made it out.

04/13/2026

Join GSP's partners at Seattle Public Utilities' Green Business Program for a free tour of Cedar Grove's composting facility!
Learn how composting plays a critical part in our region's environmental future and how you can advocate for better waste management practices at your company.

SPU was one of GSP's founding partners with the initial goal of restoring 2,500 forested acres of parkland by the year 2025. They provide funding, technical expertise, and resources, focusing on managing stormwater through Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) like rain gardens and restoring forested areas near creeks and drainage sites.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
🌱 Representatives from Seattle Public Utilities Green Business Program will provide an overview of the full suite of free sustainability tools and resources that support Seattle property managers and business owners on recycling and composting compliance, water conservation, wastewater and fats, oils, and grease management
🌱 Cedar Grove staff will lead attendees on a tour of their Maple Valley composting facility
🌱 Networking opportunities

Wednesday, April 29
10 AM - 11:30 AM
Cedar Grove (Maple Valley)

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seattle-public-utilities-green-business-program-cedar-grove-tour-tickets-1984404469186?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

04/09/2026

Come join our team!

We are excited to announce a new position with Green Seattle Partnership! The Senior Green Seattle Partnership Planner will advance equitable and effective programming for the Green Seattle Partnership, caring for community partnerships while building strategies and systems through a climate and environmental justice lens. The body of work includes public engagement and communications, ecological restoration planning, strategy and policy development.

CLOSING DATE: 4/21/2026 4:00 PM Pacific

Apply now at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/seattle/jobs/newprint/5287183

04/08/2026

Did yew know that the Pacific Yew (or Western Yew) can be found in the Washington Park Arboretum? Located in the South end of the Arboretum above Azalea Way, see if yew can spot this this tree! If you don't know what to look for, Washington Start Parks described the Pacific Yew as "a funky little tree that looks like a cross between a giant bonsai and a miniature conifer".

Small, but mighty - the Pacific Yew grows to a height of only 60 feet and have seeds that looks like red cough drops (called an "aril"). While the red, fleshy part is edible, yew definitely do NOT want to eat the seed, which contains lethal alkaloid taxin. Watch me eat it, watch me roll (because I died from eating the seed).

Song: Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)

04/03/2026

Green Seattle Partnership joined the Forest In Cities Workshop in Atlanta this week to share about our recent strategic planning efforts and continue to learn from this amazing professional network, now 26 cities strong!
We were especially excited to get outside with the stewards of Herbert Green Nature Preserve and to witness the support and collaboration with Atlanta Parks and Recreation, Park Pride, and Atlanta Department of Watershed Management. Partnership magic 💫
Natural Areas Conservancy

04/02/2026

UW environmental science students, in partnership with the Muckleshoot tribe, are working to establish important indigenous prairie plants to the meadow area bordering the beach walk trail north of the Fins art installment.

Join GSP at Magnuson Park for a work party involving planting, w**ding, and mulching! Gloves will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Wear closed toe shoes you don't mind getting dirty. Dress for the day's weather. Wear layers if it is chilly and if it is rainy bring rain gear. Bring a full water bottle and snack.

Sunday, April 5
11am-1pm
Kite Hill on the North Park Cross Trail (Magnuson Park)

Register here: https://seattle.greencitypartnerships.org/event/43705/

04/01/2026

What's new with GSP this month?

In 1970, Earth Day was born out of the idea that human society is responsible for the ongoing destruction of wildlife and the environment, and real change has to be made to protect the earth. It was a time when Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring opened people’s eyes to the effects of pesticides on wildlife. The nation was shocked by the destruction of the Santa Barbara oil spill and the Cuyahoga River fire in 1969. Across the country, 20 million Americans took action through educational events, environmental community service, and marches.

56 years have passed, and the fight for our environment continues—not for lack of progress, but because we need to take care of our planet now more than ever. So this Earth Day, what will you do? The Green Seattle Partnership has compiled a list of 10 events in Seattle for you to take action throughout Earth Month this April.

To read more, check out the blog here: https://greenseattle.org/earth-day-2026-take-action/

Be sure to also sign up for our newsletter if you'd like to hear more from GSP.

03/19/2026

On February 28, Green Seattle Partnership held its first BIPOC Affinity Group meeting of the year! The Affinity Group kicked off the meeting with a partnership-building affirmation exercise in nature. Afterwards, the group discussed GSP BIPOC partner resiliency and community safety as we looked forward into 2026.

The Green Seattle Partnership BIPOC Affinity Group brings together Black, Indigenous, and People of Color involved in urban forestry and restoration to foster community, share experiences, and guide equitable practices. This group is a key component of GSP’s strategic focus on racial equity, connecting stewards and strengthening community ties to land.

12/02/2025

Giving Tuesday celebrates organizations and locally-led work, consider supporting the Green Seattle Partnership through Seattle Parks Foundation along with our partners! Without our partners, GSP would not be the program it is today. You can support our amazing partners by visiting their website donation pages, check out a few here:
-Dirt Corps
-EarthCorps
-Serve-Ethiopians WA
-Tilth Alliance
-Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
-Seward Park Audubon Center
-Partner In Employment
-Student Conservation Association
-DNDA Nature

So, this , kick-off the giving season with generosity and support Seattle's Parks! We thank you and value your dedication to our shared spaces.

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