Working together to maintain and restore our parks

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Be a leader in your community!

Current Stewards click HERE for forms and other resources.

New Stewards click here for a map of potential sites.

What is a Forest Steward?

Forest Stewards are committed volunteers who are interested in being highly involved in planning and coordinating restoration on their local park. They receive special training and resources, so no experience is necessary. Program staff work with each Steward to create a restoration plan for their site and provide resources for Stewards to organize volunteer events to carry out the restoration.

Read the Forest Steward job description here.

Forest Stewards are now doing great work in Farrel-McWhirter, Hartman, Westside/Bridle Crest Trail site, Grass Lawn, and Viewpoint Neighborhood Parks, and the Watershed Preserve. Please email greenredmond@cascadeland.org to get involved in these great community-led restoration projects!

Forest Steward Profiles

Get to know some of our current Forest Stewards! 

Click here to hear about their experiences. They're already doing great work all around Redmond.

The Viewpoint Stewards set up a website - check it out!

A History of Success

This program has been extremely successful in Seattle, where over 65 active Forest Stewards are key players in the hundreds of acres of restoration that is done each year.

“It just amazes me that each volunteer that works on our project puts their own piece into the larger puzzle. It is not just me doing lots of the work, but by being there and hosting the event, I help get people involved in their neighborhood. I look forward to the day that I can walk through a forest that I helped create.”

–Jay Mirro, Seattle Forest Steward

This is a significant commitment of at least 3 work party events per year, and yields huge results.

We rely on our Forest Stewards to reach our restoration goals. Learn about other levels of involvement through the Youth Steward Program and Restoration Volunteer Events.

Great! How Do I Join?

We need more people to help us start work in all of Redmond's forested parks. All new Forest Stewards are required to attend an orientation in the spring, where we will explain the program and connect you with the resources to get started.

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 We need your help!

To find out more about the Partnership and how you can get involved, please contact greenredmond@cascadeland.org