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Join us in celebrating Seattle and Tukwila’s only RIVER, the Duwamish, as we help care for its special salmon and all the wildlife within this watershed.
We will be working at multiple sites: on the river removing debris, caring for salmon habitat and our upland forests in an effort to improve native habitat health and water quality not only for our salmon and orca but all wildlife and communities within the Duwamish Watershed. Joined us in celebrating Seattle and Tukwila’s only RIVER, the Duwamish, as we help care for its special salmon and all the wildlife within this watershed.
Our forested areas such as the West Duwamish Greenbelt, one of the largest in the lower section of the river, provides important air and water filtration of pollution, especially storm runoff one of the major sources polluting our waters. Tree canopy cover also reduces our summer heat domes, unequally affecting low income, communities of color to a greater degree. Duwamish Alive Coalition continues to nurture and expand tree canopy within our local communities which suffer the effects of pollution and heat domes.
The river ecosystem supports 5 salmon species including the threatened Chinook salmon which is a critical food source for our Southern Resident Orcas; along with wildlife that includes river otters, beavers, bald eagles, and blue herons. Each of our habitat sites supports this web of life while providing important environmental benefits to our communities.
We are honored to help steward these lands and waters that are the ancestral home of the Duwamish Peoples.
Join our Duwamish Alive! celebration with these volunteer opportunities:
Duwamish Hill Preserve, Tukwila Green Tukwila Partnership
Fort Dent, Tukwila Green Tukwila Partnership & DIRT Corps
Northwind’s Weir, Tukwila Seattle City Light
t̀“uʔəlaltxÊ· Village Park and Shoreline Habitat, Seattle Port of Seattle
Duwamish Greenbelt at Pigeon Pt , Seattle Delridge Neighborhood Development Association
həʔapus Village Park and Shoreline Habitat, Seattle
Herrings House Park, Seattle Green Seattle Partnership/Seattle Parks
