We're Moving!
KCD will be settling into our new office space from August 29 to September 5. During this time, our office will officially be closed. We will reopen at noon, Wednesday, September 5. Our new location is 800 SW 39th St., Suite 150, Renton, WA 98057.
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EarthCorps Develops
Puget Sound-Specific Pollinator Guide
EarthCorps has developed a new Native Habitat Restoration Guide of best management practices for the Puget Sound Lowlands. The guide has a wealth of information from site assessment and design to installation techniques and long-term stewardship. The guide is meant to be accessible and helpful whether you’re a backyard gardener or a land manager. Click HERE for more information.
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Free Cover Crop
Seed Giveaway
KCD is offering FREE cover crop seed to King County residents who have had their soil tested. Stop by KCD’s new office at 800 SW 39th St in Renton, between 8:30 AM and 5 PM, to pick up your package of cover crop seed, or visit us at one of the following farmers markets during the month of September. Go to kingcd.org for more information and pickup dates.
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Bee Ball with the Mariners
September 9, Seattle
Join the Seattle Mariners, Woodland Park Zoo and Lynn Brunelle, author of Turn This Book into a Beehive, on Sunday, September 9, as the Mariners take on the New York Yankees. You will receive access to a special pre-game educational kid-focused event in the Outside Corner AND receive a copy of Turn This Book into a Beehive (while supplies last).
The deadline for purchasing tickets is 5 PM, Friday, September 7. Click HERE to purchase tickets and use the promo code HIVE.
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Green Kent Enters
Its Ninth Year
KCD has supported Kent’s stewardship of natural areas in parks since 1998. KCD provides native bareroot plants through the KCD Native Bareroot Plant Sale as well as ongoing funding for volunteer and crew support for removing invasive weeds and installing native plants in the majority of Kent’s parks through the Green Kent Partnership program. |
CHOMP!
KCD staff and Better Ground Ambassadors recently spent a beautiful afternoon educating kids and families about native pollinators through a hands-on pollinator hotel project where participants built their own bee habitats. The activity was a successful part of this years’ CHOMP!, a local food and sustainable living festival hosted by King County in Redmond’s Marymoor Park. |
WSU Forest Stewardship
Coached Planning:
A Forestry Class for Landowners
Washington State University's flagship course will teach you how to assess your trees, avoid insect and disease problems, attract wildlife, and take practical steps to keep your forest on track to provide enjoyment and even income for years to come. In this course you will develop your own Forest Stewardship Plan, which brings state recognition as a Stewardship Forest and eligibility for cost-share assistance, and may also qualify you for significant property tax reductions.
Register now for an upcoming session:
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 Calendar of Events
September 5: KCD's New Office Open for Business, Renton
KCD's new office (800 SW 39th St., Suite 150, in Renton) opens at noon.
September 7: Heronfields Wetlands Work Party, Kirkland
Help restore the Heronfield Wetlands riparian buffer.
September 8: KCD Native Plant Nursery Volunteer Day, Renton
Help KCD staff maintain trees and plants used in King County projects and earn native plants.
September 8: Trolls Knoll Work Party, Fremont
Join neighbors for a day of environmental restoration at this iconic Seattle site beneath the Aurora Bridge.
September 9: Bee Ball with the Mariners, Seattle
Learn about supporting pollinators, receive a free copy of Turn This Book into a Beehive and cheer on the Mariners! (Use promo code HIVE.)
September 11: Earthcorps Pollinator Habitat Restoration Guide Workshop, Seattle
Learn about the importance of pollinators and designing restoration projects with them in mind.
September 13: Become a Better Ground Ambassador, Seattle
Train to represent KCD at events like the King County Fair, Vashon Sheepdog Classic or CHOMP! food festival (training held monthly).
September 15: 22nd Annual Frog Frolic, Renton
Learn about Shadow Lake Nature Preserve's 5,000-year-old peat moss bog, upland forest and wetland.
September 15: International Coastal Cleanup, Various Locations
Help document the types of debris in our waterways to inform practical solutions to the global problem of marine trash.
September 15: KCD Native Plant Nursery Volunteer Day, Renton
Help KCD staff maintain trees and plants used in King County projects and earn native plants.
September 18: Terminal 107, Duwamish River Work Party, Seattle
Help remove weeds and restore native plantings along the Duwamish River.
September 19: Beautify and Care for Your Streamside Property, Duvall
Learn ways to support wildlife, enhance property and reduce maintenance needs.
September 19: Soil Health 101, Vashon
Learn what you can do to promote soil health in your own yard.
September 29: WSU Red Alder Management Workshop, Kent
Learn the challenges and opportunities that red alder presents to landowners.
September 29: Dig In at Juel Park, Redmond
Help remove aggressive weeds and prepare for native plant restoration.
October 4: Beautify and Care for Your Streamside Property, Redmond
Learn ways to support wildlife, enhance property and reduce maintenance needs.
October 13: KCD Native Plant Nursery Volunteer Day, Renton
Help KCD staff maintain trees and plants used in King County projects and earn native plants.
October 11: Volunteer Rain Garden Planting Party, Bothell
Help install a rain garden.
October 18 & 25 and November 1 & 8: Land & Water Stewardship for Horse & Livestock Owners, Redmond
Discover ways you can have less mud, better pastures, manage manure, and care for streams and wetlands.
October 19: KCD Native Plant Nursery Volunteer Day, Renton
Help KCD staff maintain trees and plants used in King County projects and earn native plants.
October 20: Our Land Our Water, Burien
Learn ways to support wildlife, enhance property and reduce maintenance needs while living along the water.
October 21: Farm Walk: Pollinators on the Farm, Kent
Learn tips and tricks for installing pollinator habitat.
October 27: Farm Tour: Horses and Salmon!, Redmond
Learn how Two Horse Ranch cares for horses and the salmon spawning stream flowing through their property.
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Become a
Better Ground Ambassador
September 13, Seattle
Help KCD promote local food, healthy forests and clean waters by becoming a Better Ground Ambassador. Join us for the next orientation on Thursday, September 13, from 6 to 7 PM at the Beacon Hill Library in Seattle. As an ambassador, you'll help educate the public about local conservation at farmers markets, the NW Flower and Garden Show, and across King County. Click HERE for more information and to register.
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Group Habitat
Restoration Events
Experience stream and wetland restoration firsthand and help KCD implement successful restoration projects! Each season provides different types of volunteer opportunities including: removing invasive plants, installing native plants and tree protectors, and spreading mulch. These projects are great for groups. Snacks, tools, on-site supervision and environmental education provided. Contact Nikki Wolf at volunteer@kingcd.org or 425-282-1909 to schedule a date and location that works for your group.
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Beautify and Care for
Your Streamside Property
September 19, Duvall
October 4, Redmond
Learn ways that you can support wildlife, enhance your property and reduce maintenance needs. Don't miss these FREE workshops for homeowners living near streams, lakes and wetlands.
Topics include minimizing pollution runoff on your property; controlling invasive weeds; utilizing native plants for wildlife habitat and erosion control; adding value and beauty to your yard naturally; and learning about environmental regulations that impact your property.
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Volunteer Rain Garden
Planting Party
October 11, Bothell
Join KCD and the Snohomish Conservation District on Thursday, October 11, from 4 to 6 PM, for a volunteer rain garden planting party in Bothell. Learn about rain gardens and help your neighbors beautify theirs! Click HERE for more information and to register.
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Land and Water
Stewardship Series
October / November,
Redmond
King Conservation District is hosting four FREE workshops in Redmond on Thursdays this fall. Join us and learn how to design, construct and implement livestock management practices with one-on-one guidance from district farm planners and technicians. Attend all four workshops or only those that meet your needs. Discover ways you can have less mud and better pastures, manage manure, and care for streams and wetlands.
- October 18 – Streams and Wetlands, 6:15 to 8:45 PM
- October 25 – Mud Management, 6:15 to 8:45 PM
- November 1 – Manure Management, 6:15 to 8:45 PM
- November 8 – Pasture Management, 6:15 to 8:45 PM.
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Our Land Our Water
October 20, Burien
Curious about what it takes to return your stream, lake or wetland property to its more natural state? Want to learn ways you can support wildlife, enhance your property’s aesthetic, and reduce maintenance needs? Don't miss this FREE workshop on Saturday, October 20, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM, in Burien for homeowners living along the water. Learn from restoration experts about managing stream, lake and wetland properties in a way that supports the environment and your land use needs. Click HERE for more information and to register. |
Farm Walk:
Pollinators on the Farm
October 21, Kent
Join KCD and the Xerces Society on Sunday, October 21, from Noon to 2 PM, for this special fall farm walk focused on pollinator recovery! Learn tips and tricks for installing pollinator habitat, see a pollinator strip as it is installed, and walk around the farm with Eric Lee-Mader to discuss the pollinator-friendly projects that Mary Olson Farm is implementing. Click HERE for more information and to register.
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Looking For a Career
in Natural Resource Conservation?
KCD sponsors two Washington Conservation Corps Restoration Crews beginning October 1. We’re looking for positive, hard-working people to restore wetland and stream habitat throughout King County in urban and rural areas. Learn Best Management Practices, native and invasive plant identification, riparian ecology, restoration site planning and monitoring, integrated pest management, and nursery operation. Apply today! Click HERE for application and more information. |
KCD Planners Set High Bar: Selected for Premiere State Leadership Program
KCD's Emmett Wild and Courtney Naumann, both Resource Planner IIs, have been selected to participate in the Washington AgForestry Leadership Program. Only 22 people from across the state were selected for this year’s class. The program offers Emmett and Courtney intensive coursework over 18 months to further advance their skills across natural resources management and policy. Congratulations Courtney and Emmett!
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 KCD Welcomes New Staff
Laura Redmond joined KCD as the Landowner Incentive Program Coordinator in July. She has a background in wildlife and natural resource conservation, management and research. With a B.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana, Missoula, she's an experienced field biologist and most recently coordinated a national cost-share conservation program for The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Having spent the past decade living between Montana and Colorado, Laura is excited to be living near the ocean again and to explore new mountain ranges and rivers in Washington.
Grace Porter is KCD’s newest Administrative Assistant. She is a seasoned administrative professional with over 20 years of experience of providing support to a variety of companies. She and her son both recently graduated from college while her daughter prepares to begin her college career in 2018. Grace recently moved here from the San Francisco bay area and dives into new projects and adventures with the personal motto of “Live each day to the fullest.”
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