Tree Planting Event at Fenster Park in Auburn
Please join the City of Auburn, the Veterans Conservation Corps, the Washington Conservation Corps and a score of other volunteers to help plant over 7000 trees, in a bid to restore Fenster Park to a...
View ArticleYouth Leadership on the Duwamish April 9, 2014
Last Fall, EarthCorps volunteer and Eagle Scout, Dillon Killroy, took part in the October DA! event. Here’s what he had to say. I chose to work with Earth Corps because they are a local organization...
View ArticleRaising Awareness of Social Justice in the Duwamish October 3, 2013
by Anna Mines April 20, 2013. Earth Day. There was no where I would have rather been than squatting in the soil on that crisp Saturday morning, pulling out buttercup after buttercup. The activity may...
View ArticleThe Power of Eco-Therapy with Veterans
by Jeremy Grisham I can only define eco-therapy and what it means to me, by the impact it has had on my life. When I realized what it is, then it became a tool and today I use that tool as a method...
View ArticleDuwamish Hill Preserve – A Love Story February 9, 2012
by Hays Swinney Five years ago, when I started at Forterra (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy), Pieter Bohen, then Stewardship Director, was excited to show me one of the properties I would soon become...
View ArticleHero for a Day 2011: Rescuing a Seattle River
Hundreds of volunteers help revitalize and restore the Duwamish River, which runs through Seattle on its way to Puget Sound and is home to four species of salmon. For more information click here. From...
View ArticleJohn Beal Legacy – Hero of the Duwamish by Stephen Miller
This is the story of how one person can make a substantial difference in their community. John Beal, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who suffered physical injuries and severe psychological harm while...
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