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Blog > May 2021 Newsletter

May 2021 Newsletter

by King Conservation District Staff | May 6, 2021 | News, What’s New at KCD?

Habitat Restoration Starts at Home
KCD Ag Drainage 2021 Overview and Report Showcases Impact
What’s the Scoop on Loop®?
Get Counted in the 2022 USDA Census of Ag!
Fire Safety Fridays Highlight Making Homes Fire Resilient?
Where the Water Begins 2021
Get Involved in Community Forestry Studies
KCD Launches Online Self-Guided Learning Modules
Mt. Adams Institute Seeks KCD AmeriCorps Candidates
King County Green Globe Award Winners
Get Involved This Spring

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Are you interested in becoming a KCD Board Supervi

Are you interested in becoming a KCD Board Supervisor? KCD Board Supervisors help steer KCD and the important conservation work we do. It is important to us that our board reflects the diversity of King County and its conservation needs. If you think that your voice can help KCD build clean water, healthy forests, and strong local food systems, consider applying to run in the 2023 Board Election.

The candidate filing period for the Seat #3 election for the King Conservation District Board of Supervisors is December 5, 2022, at 8:00am through December 9, 2022 at 5:00pm.

Learn more at kingcd.org/elections

Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) This fast-growin

Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)

This fast-growing thornless shrub would make a great addition to any backyard garden. Thimbleberry is identifiable by its soft and fuzzy maple-shaped leaves. It blooms in late spring through mid-summer, and the white flowers provide nectar for native pollinators. The red, raspberry-shaped berries ripen mid-to-late summer and are edible and sweet.

The edible berries are eaten by finches, wrens, jays, and bushtits.

#KCDNativePlantSpolight #WildlifeWednesday #Thimbleberry #RubusParviflorus #NativePlants #NativeBerries #PollinatorFriendly #BackyardWildlifeHabitat

(link in bio)

https://kingcd.org/2022/10/19/thimbleberry-native-plant-spotlight/

Photo Credit: Walter Siegmund (talk) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

Thanks to everyone who braved the smoke and came o

Thanks to everyone who braved the smoke and came out last Saturday for #orcarecoveryday! 82 degrees and smokey in mid October shows why it's all the more pressing that we take actions to help our environment and wildlife.

Together, we planted several hundred shrubs along Langlois Creek that will grow to help keep the water cool and clean and benefit the salmon that our local Southern Resident Orca depend on.

Special thanks to Congresswoman and Councilmember Sarah Perry for coming out and talking to the group about the importance of conservation in King County.

Want to learn more about the Southern Resident Orca? Head to betterground.org/ord @repkimschrier

Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) Red elderberry

Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)

Red elderberry is a favorite of native wildlife. It ranges in size from a shrub to a small tree, reaching a maximum height of around 20 feet tall. It can grow in sun or partial shade and either dry or moist soil, making it a very versatile plant. The large deciduous leaves are divided into 5-7 lance-shaped leaflets. Conical clusters of white flowers grow into small bright red fruits.

Pre-order from KCD’s Native Plant starting on November 15.

Read more at (link in bio)
https://kingcd.org/2022/10/15/red-elderberry-native-plant-spotlight/

#RedElderberry #SambucusRacemosa #PNWNativePlants #KCDNativePlantSale #BackyardWildlifeHabitat #Naturescaping

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Own work assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY 2.5

We’d like to give an elephant-sized thank you to

We’d like to give an elephant-sized thank you to @WoodlandParkZoo for the beautiful “Zoo Doo” compost, and to all the animals who contributed! 🐒🐅🐆🦓🦍🦧🦏🦛🦒🐘

We distributed this nutrient-rich compost to community gardens across King County, who will use it to protect and feed their soil to grow more for the community.

Are you a community gardener interested in working with KCD? Visit the link in bio or reach out to miranda.smith@kingcd.org to learn more.

#WoodlandParkZoo #ZooDoo #Compost #KCDCommunityAgriculture

The upcoming FREE Benefits and Beauty of Landscapi

The upcoming FREE Benefits and Beauty of Landscaping with Native Plants webinar with native plant expert Marinn Carpenter on Thursday November 3 via Zoom will cover the countless benefits that native plants provide for landscape aesthetics, wildlife habitat, water quality and more!

Attendees will receive advice on the best ways to reduce plant mortality, save money and improve your landscape's overall health and happiness. This talk will help you make plant purchasing decisions best suited for your yard/landscape before the upcoming KCD Native Plant Sale. The plant sale store opens on November 15.

#NativePlants #PNWNativePlants #NativePlantTalk #OnlinePlantWebinar

(link in bio)

https://November2022KCDNativePlantTalk.eventbrite.com/?aff=instagram

Tukwila residents can apply to receive free trees

Tukwila residents can apply to receive free trees through the Tukwila tree giveaway, a pilot program aimed at growing our urban forest. Apply now through October 31 for your free tree(s).

Green Tukwila Partnership Tukwila Parks & Recreation City of Tukwila

(link in bio)

https://www.tukwilawa.gov/tree-giveaway/

KCD is holding a volunteer planting party for Orca

KCD is holding a volunteer planting party for Orca Recovery Day! Increasing native plant buffers along our streams keeps water cooler and cleaner and supports the Chinook salmon that the Southern Resident Orca depend on.

You can join KCD's planting party at Remlinger Farms by signing up at kingcd.org. Or, head over to betterground.org/ord to choose from one of the more than 40 events happening across the Salish Sea!

October 2022 KCD Newsletter (link in bio) https:

October 2022 KCD Newsletter

(link in bio)

https://mailchi.mp/kingcd.org/october-2022

Join a KCD Washington Conservation Corps Crew! Wa

Join a KCD Washington Conservation Corps Crew!

Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) crews are an essential part of KCD’s work enhancing riparian shorelines across King County – they’re also a lot of fun! There’s still time to join, If you’re interested, or know someone who might be you have until October 10 to apply for an October start date!

The KCD restoration crew focuses on restoring rural shorelines, urban shorelines, and urban forests throughout the service term. Winter tasks include preparing and planting at new restoration sites, and summer tasks include maintaining new and old sites through invasive plant control, erosion control, and herbivory protection. And members get to experience a variety of other project types during the year, in addition to assisting at the KCD plant nursery.

Know someone ages 18-25, or folks with military service, ready to launch their career and serve their community? Send them our way! Please reach out to Justin LeMay (360) 280-1086 jusl461@ECY.WA.GOV or head to https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/wcc/ to apply.

@ecologywa @ecologywcc

Did you know that unlike other Orca, the Southern

Did you know that unlike other Orca, the Southern Resident Orca subsist mostly on just one species - roughly 80% of their diet is Chinook salmon!

This once plentiful fish has seen a dramatic decline in the Puget Sound. But you can help! By creating clean waterways we can increase Chinook salmon and help the Southern Resident Orca! Learn actions you can take every day at betteground.org/ord

Orca Recovery Day is an opportunity to raise aware

Orca Recovery Day is an opportunity to raise awareness and take action for our struggling Southern Resident Killer Whales.

You can get involved by joining one of the more than 40 events happening across the Salish Sea or learning about actions you can take at betterground.org/ord or joining KCD for our own native planting event at kingcd.org.

Join a KCD Washington Conservation Corps Crew! Wa

Join a KCD Washington Conservation Corps Crew!

Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) crews are an essential part of KCD’s work enhancing riparian shorelines across King County – they’re also a lot of fun! There’s still time to join, If you’re interested, or know someone who might be you have until October 10 to apply for an October start date!

The KCD restoration crew focuses on restoring rural shorelines, urban shorelines, and urban forests throughout the service term. Winter tasks include preparing and planting at new restoration sites, and summer tasks include maintaining new and old sites through invasive plant control, erosion control, and herbivory protection. And members get to experience a variety of other project types during the year, in addition to assisting at the KCD plant nursery.

Know someone ages 18-25, or folks with military service, ready to launch their career and serve their community? Send them our way! Please reach out to Justin LeMay (360) 280-1086 jusl461@ECY.WA.GOV or head to https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/wcc/ to apply.

@ecologywcc @ecologywa

The Southern Resident Orca that call Puget Sound h

The Southern Resident Orca that call Puget Sound home face a number of hurdles. But key to their survival is ensuring that their primary food source, Chinook salmon, is abundant.

Due to habitat loss, climate change and increased pollution, it has become even more difficult for migrating salmon to make the journey home to create new fish. In order to save our orcas, we must start with our salmon.

Learn more, take actions, and sign up for an Orca Recovery Day event at Betterground.org/ORD.

Join KCD for a planting event at Remlinger Farms at kingcd.org.

#OrcaRecoveryDay #ORD2022 #SouthernResidents

"To transform a landscape in a matter of days, to

"To transform a landscape in a matter of days, to watch plants that I worked into the ground grow the following spring — sending out new branches and leaves. To be outside year-round, in the mud and rain and snow and know I’m making a difference for landowners, wildlife, the natural landscape, and in small part, the world."

Washington Conservation Corps member Macy Schmidt reflects on her time working with KCD.

https://kingcd.org/2022/09/14/my-year-as-an-americorps-member-at-kcd/

@ecologywcc

Join a KCD Washington Conservation Corps Crew! Wa

Join a KCD Washington Conservation Corps Crew!

Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) crews are an essential part of KCD’s work enhancing riparian shorelines across King County – they’re also a lot of fun! There’s still time to join, If you’re interested, or know someone who might be you have until October 10 to apply for an October start date!

The KCD restoration crew focuses on restoring rural shorelines, urban shorelines, and urban forests throughout the service term. Winter tasks include preparing and planting at new restoration sites, and summer tasks include maintaining new and old sites through invasive plant control, erosion control, and herbivory protection. And members get to experience a variety of other project types during the year, in addition to assisting at the KCD plant nursery.

Know someone ages 18-25, or folks with military service, ready to launch their career and serve their community? Send them our way! Please reach out to Justin LeMay (360) 280-1086 jusl461@ECY.WA.GOV or head to https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/wcc/ to apply.

@ecologywcc @ecologywa

Orca Recovery Day is coming up October 15! This

Orca Recovery Day is coming up October 15!

This day of stewardship will see volunteer events across the Puget Sound to help our struggling Southern Resident Orcas that depend on clean water and abundant Chinook Salmon in the Puget Sound.

If you've got an organization that would like to sign up to host an Orca Recovery Day event you can do so on betterground.org until September 15.

If you'd like to join KCD's planting event at Remlinger Farms you can sign up now! at kingcd.org

If you live in Kenmore you can get FREE trees for

If you live in Kenmore you can get FREE trees for you household or business!

https://www.kenmorewa.gov/our-city/special-events/more-trees

#kenmore #kenmorewa #freetrees #kenmoretreegiveaway

Come check out one of KCD’s amazing community ga

Come check out one of KCD’s amazing community garden partners, The Shark Garden, at their Fall Open House! There will be plant and bake sales, family friendly art activities, live music, and a community fair.

Make sure to stop by the KCD booth to say hello!

At the New Start High School in Burien. 614 SW 120th St, Seattle, WA.

If you live in Kirkland, you can get FREE native t

If you live in Kirkland, you can get FREE native trees for your business or yard!

kingcd.org/kirklandtreegiveaway

#kirkland #KirklandWA #kirklandwa #kirklandwashington #freetrees #kirklandforestday #kirklandarborday

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