Category Archives: Community

Earth Day volunteer event

Happy almost Earth Day! The work our OGD Partners do across the Green/Duwamish watershed supports Mother Earth 365 days a year.  If you’re looking for some volunteer opportunities within the Green/Duwamish watershed this Earth Day season, check out this event: … Continue reading

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Brand New Work Plan

At our February meeting, Partners approved the new work plan for 2025 and 2026! You can read it here. It’s both ambitious and exciting. We have included tasks related to four discrete areas of interest: If we successfully implement our … Continue reading

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2025 Has Arrived!

Happy New Year!   I am really looking forward to 2025. We have set some ambitious targets and are optimistic about achieving them.   This year we will be rolling out our updated mapping tool to support regional retrofit decision making. This … Continue reading

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Remote Action

“Thank you!” to all the stakeholders who were able to attend our workshop on April 9th, and another huge “Thank you!” for your continued dedication to improving the watershed.   Our conference call was brief but we had a few updates … Continue reading

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Green/Duwamish Stormwater Workshop #3 Complete!

On September 15, 2016 we held the last in a series of three workshops to develop an action plan for the Green/Duwamish Watershed-Wide Stormwater Strategy. We had over 40 participants representing community groups, nonprofits, government agencies and businesses. Together, we looked … Continue reading

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Watershed-wide stormwater strategy workshop #2 complete

On June 28, 2016 Our Green/Duwamish held the second in a series of three workshops to create an action plan for a watershed-wide stormwater strategy. Continue reading

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Check out the Preliminary Background Report and join us at the June 28 Stormwater Workshop

The Our Green/Duwamish Preliminary Background Report is completed and available for review! This report is a working document that marks the first step to develop strategies to strengthen communities and improve air, land, and water outcomes in the Green/Duwamish Watershed. The report summarizes … Continue reading

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Recap of May 19 Watershed Advisory Group Meeting

On May 19, 2016, we held the fourth WAG meeting to discuss the King County Land Conservation and Preservation Work Plan (Work Plan) which proposes implementing a land preservation and conservation program to identify, protect and conserve water and land … Continue reading

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Our Green/Duwamish Stormwater Workshop #1– Presentations Posted!

On May 4, Our Green/Duwamish kicked off the development of a watershed-wide stormwater strategy with the first of three workshops. Presentations are posted for those who missed this exciting and productive first session. Continue reading

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Recap from the Jan. 21 Watershed Advisory Group Meeting

The third Watershed Advisory Group Meeting was held on Jan. 21, 2016, at King Street Center in downtown Seattle. The meeting was very productive! We recapped Phase I activities and presented, in detail, the results of November 2015 WAG focus … Continue reading

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