Author Archives: Todd Hunsdorfer
Successful Partnerships lead to Accelerated Outcomes
At our most recent gathering, the OGD Partners, Mid Sound Fisheries, and Puget Soundkeeper shared a wonderful story of local success – hopefully one of many more to come, and we wanted to share it more broadly with folks here. … Continue reading
Waterworks funding announced!
Congratulations to the OGD Partners who were awarded funding through the 2023 Waterworks grant program! They are: In total, 61 community-led projects will receive $5.4 million to implement projects that improve water quality in King County. To learn more about … Continue reading
Back to School with a Watershed Curriculum
Howdy OGD Partners, At our September meeting we heard from Peter Donaldson and the Sustainability Ambassadors. They are offering a 4-Part, Green Duwamish Watershed Curriculum Design Lab this fall while the salmon are returning home expecting it to be there … Continue reading
Summer Check-In
I hope everyone is having a relaxing summer. The OGD Coalition has been on a summer break as well, and while Partners haven’t been meeting, the Core Team has been preparing for a very busy fall. Starting in September, we … Continue reading
2022 Annual Report
Greetings, We’re pleased to share the 2022 OGD Annual Report. We’re particularly excited about how this report reflects the tremendous amount of collaboration, innovation, and effort to manage stormwater in the watershed. The annual report is divided into two parts: … Continue reading
The Green/Duwamish has two new Basin Stewards!
We want to welcome two new Basin Stewards to the watershed. Basin Stewards are knowledgeable about the communities and natural resources in specific King County watersheds. The Basin Stewards work with residents and technical staff to develop and implement priority … Continue reading
Source Control Story Map
King County completed work on this story map at the end of 2022: If you’re interested in learning more about the history of source control along the river, I would encourage you to take a look. Thank you to the … Continue reading
OGD Partner Planting Event!
On October 21st OGD hosted our first restoration event where Hamm Creek meets the Lower Duwamish. The work was made possible with help from Duwamish Alive and EarthCorps! Thank you for the support. We had 15 volunteers that helped remove … Continue reading
Invitation to Regional Stormwater Technical Workshops
Greetings regional stormwater partners: King County and our regional partners are excited to share the registration link and high-level agenda for the next event in the Stormwater Summit series, Aligning Across Watersheds: Regional Stormwater Technical Workshops. The event will be … Continue reading
2021 OGD Annual Report
The 2021 Annual Report is complete!! Drum roll please…. Congratulations to all the Partners who reported on so many outstanding actions to improve the health of the watershed! I am so proud to be working alongside such an amazing group … Continue reading