Tag Archives: Environment

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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2025-2026 Workplan Development

The end of this year marks the conclusion of our two year workplan and the opportunity to create a new two year workplan – with your input. We started by considering the feedback from partners that was captured in the … Continue reading

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2023 OGD Annual Report!

The Our Green/Duwamish Coalition has produced another annual report about our work in the Watershed! How the OGD Coalition governs is critical to achieving success, and one thing that sets this effort apart from others is our reflective practice. Partners … Continue reading

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Help Remove Historic Debris from the Duwamish River with Puget Soundkeeper

Puget Soundkeeper (PSK) is tackling the removal of legacy debris in the upper section of the Duwamish River. For all of us who care for the river, this has been a goal for some time. PSK has received special funding … Continue reading

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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

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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

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The WAG concludes & Phase II is complete!

We completed our final Watershed Advisory Group (WAG) meeting on April 5, 2017, which also marks the conclusion of Phase II of Our Green/Duwamish.  Since 2014, we have made progress towards improving the environment and health of the Green/Duwamish watershed. … 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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