Nature Blog
Plant Profile: Sunshine brings pearly everlasting
Every summer, people from all around the Pacific Northwest travel to Washington to take in the millions of native wildflowers growing along the Columbia River. Many do not know how easy it is to replicate a native wildflower meadow in their own backyard, or even in a window box! Wildflowers are great for pollinators, and…
Heading North: Introducing our new restoration site
Just in time for April’s Earth Month, Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association’s (DNDA) Nature team is expanding our reach northward to a new forest restoration site in the Duwamish Head Greenbelt! Through DNDA’s long-term relationship with the Green Seattle Partnership, our team will be starting restoration work at a site near Seacrest Park in the Fairmount…
6PPD: How it harms salmon and what DNDA is doing to help
When rain falls, as it did on 120 days in Seattle last year, it usually lands on hard surfaces, like sidewalks, streets, rooftops, and cars. As it makes its way toward storm drains, the water carries pollution from microplastics, fertilizers, trash, tires, and other contaminants. Normally, this rainwater is collected and cleaned by wastewater treatment…
More than 150 Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena staff volunteered to restore Camp Long
On Wednesday, Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA) hosted more than 150 employees of the Seattle Kraken, Climate Pledge Arena, Kraken Community Iceplex, and Oak View Group at a forest restoration event at Camp Long. The volunteers — which included the Kraken’s mascot, Buoy the sea troll, as well the team’s co-owner and co-chair, Samantha Holloway — collectively…
Partnering with DNDA’s environmental educators for forest restoration field trips
Call them lessons in “applied ecology.” At the start of 2024, Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA) worked at Camp Long with multiple classrooms of fifth graders from Fairmount Park Elementary. The fifth graders planted ferns, native shrubs — including salmonberry and thimbleberry — and various conifers trees. Students joined the regular restoration work parties that…
Help restore our forests for MLK Day of Service!
Join us in honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in our upcoming volunteer event on MLK Day, January 15! Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA) will host a community service event at Pigeon Point Park. This time of year, our community members always look for opportunities to volunteer for MLK Day —…