Nature Blog
The Wonders of Winter Wings
On Saturday February 15th, DNDA and the Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) Team at Camp Long hosted our second collaborative community event for youth and families named ‘Winter Wings’! Winter Wings was a part of celebrating the weekend of the Backyard Bird Count and to provide community fun and engaging opportunities to get folks…
DNDA Makes an Accessible Garden Bed!
In spring 2024, DNDA started the process of helping the Delridge P-Patch become more accessible. This dream was started by some members of Delridge P-Patch and Jules Hepp, DNDA’s environmental education coordinator. Jules and the gardeners knew that accessible garden beds were necessary for many people in our community. Although there are some higher beds…
A Spooky Success!
In our Delridge community rests a Park of 68 acres filled with trails, rock climbing structures, and high ropes courses. This space also hosts magical and important connections to salamanders, owls, bats, and fungi. What is this amazing space, you may ask? It’s Camp Long! Here at DNDA, we have worked within and partnered closely…
DNDA and Greenbelt History at Log House Museum
West Seattle’s historic Log House Museum recently launched a new exhibit that focuses on the West Duwamish Greenbelt and includes a healthy dose of DNDA history. The West Duwamish Greenbelt, Seattle’s largest contiguous forest, covers over 500 acres and spans more than four miles along the Duwamish peninsula. Its ridges, creeks, and river formed over…
2024 Environmental Justice Program Wrap Up
Another summer, another successful environmental justice program! DNDA’s Environmental Justice Summer Youth Program would like to celebrate the season and our 10 teen interns, along with all the wonderful partner organizations who helped make this program a success! In 2024, DNDA hosted a five-week internship that stretched from mid-July to mid-August with 10…
A Wetland Isn’t Always Wet: Summer Irrigation at Delridge Wetland Park
Along with hosting community events and our annual Summer Youth Program, Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA) is also spending this summer watering native plants at Delridge Wetland Park. Most plants at the wetland are less than a year old, and without developed root systems they likely would survive the summer without being irrigated. That’s where DNDA’s…