Duwamish Alive! Earth Day, Saturday, April 19

Join the Fun!  Restore the River!

Duwamish Alive! is a chance for people to give back to Seattle’s river. On Saturday, April 19, hundreds of enthusiastic volunteers will roll up their sleeves to help restore the Duwamish River. Last year’s Duwamish Alive! on Earth Day brought together almost 900  volunteers. Join us to make this year’s event even better!

Volunteers will work to restore multiple locations along and near the Duwamish:

• Gateway Park North/8^th Ave. S.
• Duwamish Waterway Park
• Hamm Creek
• Duwamish Riverbend Hill Park
• Codiga Farm Park
• Pigeon Point Park
• Roxhill Bog
• Brandon Street Natural Area

Schedule of events

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

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm: Earth Day Festival
Celebrate Earth Day at the Cooper School near Pigeon Point Park. Spend the afternoon enjoying free food, watching performing arts and a forest film, taking a nature hike, browsing environmental information tables, and learning about the Cooper School’s Earth Project. Get your FREE map of the Duwamish River and sign-up to win a $50 REI giftcards and other fabulous giveaways.

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 organized and supported by the following citizen groups and government agencies:

Cascade Land Conservancy, City of Seattle, City of Tukwila, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, EarthCorps, Edwards Mother Earth Foundation, 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, REI, Restore America’s Estuaries, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Veterans Conservation Corps.