White Center Now: The blog about White Center

King County Parks wants to get early word out about this:

It’s all coming together! Saturday, October 4th 10 am-1 pm at White Center Heights Park, the King County Volunteer program will be planting 80 conifer trees. These will be bigger trees than we usually plant at our volunteer events and the Parks Operations Staff from the Sunset District will be helping pre-dig holes. These larger trees were purchased through a Washington State Department of Ecology grant supported by funding from the Climate Commitment Act. This grant is focused on planting trees to reduce airport-related pollution impacts in south King County neighborhoods. Department of Ecology identified these communities as affected by fine particulates and generally worse air quality than most other parts of the state.

The evergreen tree species selected for this park are indigenous to the Pacific Northwest, long lived and will provide great shade in the old house sites. They will provide year-round canopies. Not only will they improve air quality, but they will also create beauty, slow stormwater, provide wildlife habitat, and improve park visitors’ mental health. We’re excited for so many reasons to add these large conifers to White Center Heights Park. We hope you can join us.

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