- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Restoration Project at Mercerdale Hillside
ORGANIZATION: Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Mercer Island is graced with 35 parks, over 400 acres of natural areas, and more than 50 miles of trails. Volunteers have been improving these parks for many years, planting native trees and shrubs and removing invasive plants (primarily English ivy) but much more work remains to be done. The Mercerdale Hillside Park is a classic example of an urban forest that is being over-run with invasive plants. This area is mostly filled with deciduous trees with many native conifers growing up in the understory. Unless the invasive species are removed, they will crowd and shade-out the young natives that are necessary for a healthy forest. Volunteers will be crucial in the next few years in keeping this forest from being over-run by non-native ivy, laurel and holly.
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About Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust
Location:
911 Western Ave, Suite 523, Seattle, WA 98104, US
Mission Statement
Protect and enhance scenic beauty, recreational opportunities, wildlife habitat, historic communitites and healthy economies in a multi-purpose Greenway along the Interstate 90 from the shores of Puget Sound over the Cascade Mountains to the Kittitas Valley foothills. Help make this human and natural heritage visible and accessible to all people.
Description
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, founded in 1991, is a non-profit partnership of citizens, private landowners, businesses, public agencies, environmental organizations, and local governments working to protect and enhance the scenic I-90. The Trust supports efforts to preserve open space, farms, working forests, and historic sites, and to create new trails, recreation and tourism opportunities along the 100-mile Mountains to Sound Greenway. Trust volunteers work year-round on a variety of outdoor projects to improve the environmental health of and recreational access to the Greenway.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Location variesMercer Island, WA 98040
DATE POSTED
January 2, 2009
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 6