Burke Gilman Success

The Burke Gilman trail revegetation work party was a huge success. The Good Steward Group partnered with the Seattle Parks Department, the GreenSEATTLE partnership, and the Friends of the Burke Gilman Trail to revegetate nearly 0.10-miles of the trail. This is only a small stretch of the 27-mile trail; however, hundreds of cyclists and joggers watched the work party make a significant dent in the difficult task of restoring our urban green spaces.

Before work began, the vegetation along this stretch of trail was dominated by English ivy, English holly, English Laurel, and Himalayan blackberry. These nasty plants proliferate in disturbed urban sites, pushing out most native plants. God blessed us with gorgeous weather and about 50 people installed nearly 700 plants, from the smallest of salal to the largest grand fir.

Many people stopped to say 'well done' and show their appreciation. Thank you all for contributing to making this a huge success. Check out the slide show from todays event.

Burke Gilman Trail

This is an exciting project for us to partner with the Seattle Parks Department, the GreenSEATTLE partnership, and Friends of the Burke Gilman. As many of us know, the Burke Gilman Trail is a major recreation and commuter corridor that joins with the Sammamish River trail in Redmond. While the trail is magnificent and provides terrific habitat for song birds and small mammals, invasive plants are extensive along the trail and provides a corridor for them to spread.

With this project, will will work on removing some of these invasive plants and plant hundreds of native trees and shrubs along the trail corridor, thereby improving habitat and species diversity. Tools will be provided, although please bring gloves if you have them. We will begin at 10:00 am and go until about 2:00 pm (probably more like 1:30ish when all the plants are installed). Please dress appropriately for the weather including appropriate foot wear (no sandals). All ages are welcome.

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Two Upcoming Events...

I have had a lot of people E-mail me and mentioned their interest in the Good Steward Group. So many Christian's are increasingly recognizing the responsibility given to us by our Father to be good stewards of his creation. God is Good! Amen.

With this in mind, there are two upcoming GSG Events where we will volunteer alongside existing environmental organizations. Mark these down in your calendar.

February 23rd: BURKE GILMAN TRAIL AT SAND POINT
We will team up with Seattle City Parks, the GreenSEATTLE partnership, and Friends of the Burke Gillman to remove invasive plants and plant hundreds of native trees and shrubs. This event will begin at 10:00 am and go until about 2:00 pm. More details will be posted as I get them.

April 19th: DUWAMISH ALIVE! Earth Day Event
For this event, we will team up with the People for Puget Sound and help out at a restoration project along the Duwamish Waterway. Several of you may have read the special report by the Seattle PI about the history and abuse of the Duwamish Waterway. For those interested, read here. There will undoubtedly be lots of people contributing with this event. This event will begin at 10:00 am and go until 2:00 pm. More details for this event will also be posted as I get them.