Forested Natural Areas Survey

Your opinion is needed during this exciting planning phase!

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Please join us to create strategies that will guide the restoration and management of Redmond’s forested natural areas in Redmond Park properties and shape the Green Redmond Partnership’s 20-Year Strategic Forest Restoration Plan, due December 2008.

We are looking for your input on where we should focus our efforts and how to be involved in the restoration and on-going maintenance of your urban forested parks and greenbelts.

click here to access Forested Natural Areas Survey......

To get in touch with program staff, please contact Ara Erickson, Green Cities Director (arae@cascadeland.org - 206-905-6923) at Cascade Land Conservancy, or Teresa Kluver, Park Operations Supervisor  (tkluver@redmond.gov - 425-556-2355) at the City of Redmond.

We are currently working on the parks assessment and initial inventory and will have the results available soon. 

About Us

The Green Redmond Partnership joins the City of Redmond, the civic community, and Cascade Land Conservancy to restore Redmond's forested parks and greenbelts.  Urban greenspaces are vital to cities and, in the Puget Sound, we are fortunate to have a legacy of forested parklands.  Redmond's parks and greenbelts strengthen local neighborhoods and offer numerous valuable services as part of the "green infrastructure." They provide us with clean water and air, flood and erosion control, noise buffers, habitat for local wildlife, increased property values, and recreational opportunities.  The Green Redmond Partnership works to protect this important legacy of beautiful parks and vibrant communities for our children and great-grandchildren.

Redmond is the newest City to join the Green City Partnerships.  A contract signed by the City Council seven-to-zero in December 2008 formally approved the City and CLC’s Partnership. 

“We are excited for the opportunity of this partnership with Cascade Land Conservancy to increase the potential for community building, resource protection, and forest restoration in Redmond” said Teresa Kluver, Park Operations Supervisor.

Since December, the Green Redmond Partnership evaluated each park in Redmond for invasive species cover and tree composition, placing each park in a "tree-iage" category for restoration, maintenance, and future monitoring. Additionally, priority parks were identified and a permanent plot inventory system was put in place and detailed information was collected at each plot. This information will be a valuable tool to assess current urban forest condition, as well as provide an on-going method to track our progress and the overall condition of the urban forest. And lastly, the Green Redmond Partnership is conducting a capacity assessment of the policies, funding, and staffing related to urban forest stewardship in Redmond, along with initiating a major outreach effort among existing urban forest restoration groups in Redmond.

All these elements to the Partnership are important pieces in the 20-Year Forest Restoration Plan that the Green Redmond Partnership is producing by the end of 2008.

Forests in danger . . .

Currently, many of the trees in our urban parks are at the end of their lifespan, while invasive plants - such as English Ivy, bindweed and blackberry - are growing under and onto the trees and choking out new seedlings.  Right now, these invasive plants are preventing reforestation processes from occurring naturally.

Together, we can save our forests!

This is a moment in time when we can build civic pride, create a culture of volunteerism and leave future generations with an enduring legacy. 

Restoring Redmond's forested parklands will require the support of community groups, businesses, non-profits and the City. 

Together, the trees we protect and plant today will grow and thrive, becoming a living asset to our vibrant city.

There was a great and enthusiastic volunteer turnout, over 650 native wetland plants were put in, the sun was shining, and the day couldn't have been better.  

Watch here for more restoration events coming up!

To find out more about the Partnership and how you can get involved, please contact:

Ara (arae@cascadeland.org)

or Teresa(tkluver@redmond.gov)