Come join us as hundreds of volunteers roll up their sleeves to work on nine simultaneous habitat restoration projects along the Duwamish River.

Duwamish Alive! is a chance for people to reclaim the river by weeding invasive plants, planting native species, mulching the planting areas, and picking up debris and trash from the riverfront sites.

Schedule of Events

10:00 am to 2:00 pm:
Volunteer at any of the sites along the Duwamish River; pull weeds, mulch planting areas, plant native vegetation, and pick up debris and trash in the restoration areas. The sites are:

• Duwamish Waterway Park in South Park
• Gateway Park North/8^th Ave. S. in Georgetown
• Hamm Creek in South Park
• Cecil Moses Park in north Tukwila
• Duwamish Riverbend Hill Park in north Tukwila
• Duwamish Greenbelt with two sites in West Seattle
• Brandon Street Natural Area on Longfellow Creek
• Thistle Street Green Space on Longfellow Creek

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm:
Celebrate Earth Day with a community picnic at the South Park Neighborhood Center.

In addition to celebrating Earth Day, we are also celebrating the partnership of Restore America’s Estuaries, its eleven member organizations, and the NOAA Community-Based Restoration Program. This partnership will complete its 500^th project at Hamm Creek on Earth Day.

 
The Duwamish River is our hometown river, flowing through heavily developed and industrialized areas of South Seattle and King County into Elliott Bay. The river’s final six miles, which were turned into a straightened channel in the first half of last century, have been polluted by years of industry and overburdened storm-sewer drains and are a Federal Superfund Cleanup site. Restoring the health of urban rivers such as the Duwamish is essential to restoring the health of Puget Sound.Duwamish Alive! is a coalition of non profit groups and local government agencies joining together to help bring back the river’s health for people, salmon and wildlife.

This event is sponsored by the following organizations:

Cascade Land Conservancy, City of Seattle, City of Tukwila, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, EarthCorps, Elliott Bay Restoration Panel, Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, 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, Restore America’s Estuaries, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Veterans Conservation Corps.