Events
Thursday March 11, 2010
Start: Mar 11 2010 10:00 am
End: Mar 11 2010 2:00 pm
Mar 11 volunteer work day restoring Titlow Park's estuary in Tacoma
Join us to help restore this unique pocket estuary at Titlow Park! Your hard work will benefit salmon, waterbirds, and other native species.
Plant native vegetation and remove Himalayan blackberry and other habitat-modifying invasive species. You can also view and learn about local waterbirds.
This is a family-friendly event. However, children 10 and under must have adult supervision.
Saturday March 13, 2010
Start: Mar 13 2010 9:00 am
End: Mar 13 2010 3:00 pm
Invasive Removal@ Riverfront Park (North Bend)
All Day Team: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm sign up
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Start: Mar 13 2010 10:00 am
End: Mar 13 2010 2:00 pm
Mar 13 volunteer work day on the shores of Maury Island
Come help restore native shoreline habitat to the Puget Sound ecosystem.
Join People For Puget Sound and Sound Stewards at Maury Island Marine Park. This former gravel mine has the potential to be pristine shoreline habitat with your help. We’ll be working together to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and scotch broom . Put on your (work) gloves and join the fight!
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Start: Mar 13 2010 10:00 am
End: Mar 13 2010 2:00 pm
http://www.pugetsound.org/connect/events/031310maury/
Join People For Puget Sound and Sound Stewards at Maury Island Marine Park. This former gravel mine has the potential to be pristine shoreline habitat with your help. We’ll be working together to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and scotch broom . Put on your (work) gloves and join the fight!
Start: Mar 13 2010
Presented by 
Smith Cove Cruise Terminal 91
A Cascade Bicycle Club Event
Seattle International Bicycle Expo is a complete celebration of cycling, with exhibits and presentations from all aspects of the sport.
Start: Mar 13 2010 11:00 am
End: Mar 13 2010 12:00 pm
Join us for a fun hour of nature discovery at Bellevue's beautiful Lewis Creek Park, 5808 Lakemont Blvd SE, Bellevue.
To register, email info@naturevision.org or call 425-836-2697.
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Olympic Peninsula. This a short and steep trail that leads to some amazing vistas of the Olympics and the Cascades. We'll work on maintenance heading up the trail - focusing on improving the tread. |
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Northwest WA near Bellingham. WTA will spend a couple of weekends this winter improving several trails within Larrabee State Park. The work will focus on general maintenance including improving drainage in places where the tread is muddy, as well as possible trail realignment. |
Sunday March 14, 2010
Start: Mar 13 2010
End: Mar 14 2010
Presented by
Smith Cove Cruise Terminal 91
A Cascade Bicycle Club Event
Seattle International Bicycle Expo is a complete celebration of cycling, with exhibits and presentations from all aspects of the sport.
Start: Mar 14 2010 1:00 pm
End: Mar 14 2010 3:00 pm
Tuesday March 16, 2010
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Join our "Thursday Crew" volunteers to help finish construction on a new multi-use trail. Last year WTA Volunteers completed "phase 1" of the Hardy Ridge Project, officially opening the trail to hikers. We're refining the trail by removing stumps, adding rock walls and bringing the tread up to code. |
Thursday March 18, 2010
Friday March 19, 2010
Start: Mar 19 2010 9:00 am
End: Mar 19 2010 1:00 pm
Native plants grown from locally collected seed are the corner stone of conservation and ecological restoration. Learn about growing native plants for stream and wetland restoration projects while helping to perform critical nursery tasks. Activities include starting plants from seed, divisions, and transplants, or help maintain nursery stock by watering and weeding.
Saturday March 20, 2010
Start: Mar 20 2010 9:00 am
End: Mar 20 2010 3:00 pm
Invasive Removal@ Upper Luther Burbank Park (Mercer Island)
All Day Team: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm sign up
Morning Team: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm sign up
Start: Mar 20 2010 9:00 am
End: Mar 20 2010 2:00 pm
Get cool season veggie plants at this new sale on March 20.
Seattle Tilth is excited to announce our first ever Early Spring Edible Plant Sale!
This sale will spring Seattle into garden season during what Mayor Mike McGinn proclaims "The Year of Urban Agriculture," on Saturday, March 20 at Magnuson Park.
Start: Mar 20 2010 9:00 am
End: Mar 20 2010 3:30 pm
Come hear Earth Ministry present at the 3rd Annual Called to Care conference in Spokane hosted by our partners at the Faith and Environment Network! LeeAnne and Jessie will lead a session on Advocacy for All Creation at the conference and spend additional time in Eastern Washington with religious leaders and participating congregations.
Start: Mar 20 2010 9:00 am
End: Mar 20 2010 12:00 pm
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Located in the Highlands neighborhood, this naturally wooded green space is 2.6 acres. Informal footpaths lead you through this beautiful area with its abundance of indigenous shrubs, plants and trees.
Start: Mar 20 2010 10:00 am
End: Mar 20 2010 2:00 pm
http://www.pugetsound.org/connect/events/032010turning/
Join People For Puget Sound on the shores of the forgotten Duwamish River. Turning Basin #3 is a wetland that used to contain Kenco Marine Company where boats moored. Now it is a tidally influenced wetland providing shelter and food for wildlife like ospreys, great blue herons, bald eagles and juvenile fish. We’ll be working together to remove pesky invasive weeds like blackberry and scotch broom that threaten to overtake native plants. Put on your (work) gloves and join the fight!
Start: Mar 20 2010 10:00 am
End: Mar 20 2010 2:00 pm
Join KCD and the Green Seattle Partnership to help restore habitat on Longfellow creek in West Seattle. Longfellow creek is one of only four salmon streams in Seattle. Come join our ongoing efforts to replace invasive ivy and blackberry with native trees and shrubs.
Start: Mar 20 2010 1:00 pm
End: Mar 20 2010 3:00 pm
Outdoor Leadership Workshop - Hike Organizing 101
WTA is offering a free Hike Organizing 101 workshop for community organization leaders that are interested in taking youth hiking!
Join other youth group leaders to learn more about WTA's Steps into Wilderness program and have an engaging afternoon of fun, interactive activities and useful information. You'll leave the workshop with new resources about group and risk management, trip logistics, and tips for making outdoor adventures fun.
What: Outdoor Leadership Workshop - Hike Organizing 101
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Olympic Peninsula near Lake Cushman. This trail was hammered by fall storms, with over 120 trees across the trail at one point. The Forest Service has mostly cleared the trail of the trees, and now WTA volunteers are needed to address some maintenance needs, including tread repair, drainage work, and some brushing further up the trail. |
Start: Mar 20 2010 6:00 pm
End: Mar 20 2010 9:00 pm
20th Anniversary Celebration Futurewise GMA reunion
6:00pm - Reception and Super Silent Auction
7:00pm - Dinner and Special Program
Join friends, old & new, as we remember significant moments in the founding of the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) and its first 20 years, and leave on an inspired note as we look to Futurewise’s role in taking Washington into the next two decades of smart land use and healthy communities.
Sunday March 21, 2010
Start: Mar 21 2010 7:30 pm
End: Mar 21 2010 9:00 pm
Nectar Lounge
Admission $10 :: 21+
ABOUT THE EVENT
TINY PLANET- A BENEFIT FOR PUGET SOUND IS AN EVENT OF SEATTLE’S ENVIRONMENTAL AND MUSICAL COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE NEED TO KEEP OUR BEACHES AND WATERS CLEAN.
Thursday March 25, 2010
Start: Mar 25 2010
FIRST CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
Symposium on Sustainability and the Environment
Seattle University Campus | 901 12th Ave | Seattle, WA
Thursday, March 25, 2010 – Friday, March 26, 2010
Start: Mar 25 2010 1:00 pm
End: Mar 25 2010 4:00 pm
The Volunteer Work Party is a great way to get involved and interact with other Bicycle Enthusiasts. It is (usually) scheduled for the 4th Thursday of every month from 1-4 at the Bicycle Alliance office, 309A 3rd Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98104. New volunteers are always welcome and encouraged, as we are a very small staff. Please call 206-224-9252 x300 or email Donna to RSVP, to get directions or to get more information.
Friday March 26, 2010
Start: Mar 25 2010
End: Mar 26 2010
FIRST CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
Symposium on Sustainability and the Environment
Seattle University Campus | 901 12th Ave | Seattle, WA
Thursday, March 25, 2010 – Friday, March 26, 2010
Start: Mar 26 2010 9:00 am
End: Mar 26 2010 1:00 pm
Native plants grown from locally collected seed are the corner stone of conservation and ecological restoration. Learn about growing native plants for stream and wetland restoration projects while helping to perform critical nursery tasks. Activities include starting plants from seed, divisions, and transplants, or help maintain nursery stock by watering and weeding.
Start: Mar 26 2010 9:00 am
End: Mar 26 2010 4:00 pm
Mar 26 annual environmental educator conference in Seattle
Restoring Puget Sound: Taking Action through Education, Outreach and Service
Storming the Sound is a one-day conference for environmental and sustainability educators in the Central Puget Sound region. This is a great opportunity for teachers, non-formal educators, environmental organizations with education programs, and students with an interest in a career in environmental education to:
Saturday March 27, 2010
Start: Mar 27 2010 9:00 am
End: Mar 27 2010 3:00 pm
Trail Work @ Coal Creek Trail (Bellevue)
Full Day Only: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm sign up
Start: Mar 27 2010 10:00 am
End: Mar 27 2010 2:00 pm
Mar 27 volunteer restoration work party to spruce up Everett’s favorite Island destination
Volunteers are needed to help spruce up Everett’s favorite Island destination!
We’ll be grubbing out blackberries and Scotch broom that are threatening to invade our native planting areas.
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Saturday April 10, 2010
Start: Apr 10 2010 10:00 am
End: Apr 10 2010 10:00 am
People for Puget Sound will be holding an outdoor work party on Saturday, April 10th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Willow Creek Hatchery in Edmonds. Volunteers are needed to help spruce up Edmond’s Community Demonstration Backyard Garden before the grand opening! We’ll be weeding, trimming and maybe planting a last native plant or two. Come and be part of this very special place for learning, recreating and appreciating nature!
Start: Apr 10 2010 10:00 am
End: Apr 10 2010 10:00 am
People for Puget Sound will be holding an outdoor work party on Saturday, April 10th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Willow Creek Hatchery in Edmonds. Volunteers are needed to help spruce up Edmond’s Community Demonstration Backyard Garden before the grand opening! We’ll be weeding, trimming and maybe planting a last native plant or two. Come and be part of this very special place for learning, recreating and appreciating nature!
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