Working together to maintain and restore our parks.

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Forest Steward Forms:

Before Event:

Please submit your event request forms at least one week in advance. Annual plant request forms for your site must be received by September 15th to be included in the fall plant order.

• Event Request Form
• Work Party Checklist (example)
• Plant Requests  - please contact Chris directly

Bring to Event:

Please submit your volunteer sign-in sheets and work logs no later than a week after your event.

• Emergency Response Form (blank template)
  
• Volunteer Sign-in Sheet
• Youth waiver
• Work Log (one of the following):

• Work parties - electronic form
• Work parties - print and fill out by hand
  
• Individual work - electronic form
  
• Individual work - print and fill out by hand

Other Resources:

Example forms:

Take a look at some filled-in examples to help you fill yours out correctly. Emergency response plan, event request, or work log for work parties or individual work.

Field guide:

Includes information on how to run a volunteer event, using the Tree-iage analysis and Best Management Practices (BMPS):

Forest Steward Field Guide [12 MB]

Site maps:

Farrel-McWhirter

Grass Lawn

Hartman

Idylwood

Redmond West Wetlands

Viewpoint Open Space

Viewpoint Park

Westside

Watershed Preserve:

• map 1 (northwest)
  
• map 2 (north central)
  
• map 3 (northeast)
  
• map 4 (central west)
  
• map 5 (central east)
  
• map 6 (southwest)
  
• map 7 (southeast)
  

Instructional videos:

Building a compost pile on-site by CLC's Washington Conservation Corps crew

Tree planting by Tree People in Santa Monica, CA (don't worry about the gopher cages, but this video still has some great info, especially tool safety at the beginning)

Native plant nurseries:

Listing of native plant nurseries compiled by King County.

Ivy FREE nurseries complied by Ivy O.U.T.

Determining area:

Calculating Square Footage and Cubic Yards

Sample flyers:

Customize them all you want!

Microsoft Word version

Microsoft Publisher version

Tips for community organizing:

Advice and ideas for building your volunteer group, from the Green Seattle Partnership Forest Stewards

Feel free to list greenredmond[at]cascadeland.org and (206) 905-6923 as the contact on your fliers, although these will not be staffed on weekends for last-minute questions.

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