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ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Cascadia & Other Native Plant Salvage Programs
Community Outreach Programs that Enhance the Local Environment
Ruth Anna Thurston
Evergreen State College
MES Cohort 2016 for
Environmental Education
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Program Objectives & Costs:
1. Public Agency community outreach
2. Decrease water use and non-point source pollution
3. Improve habitat quality for wildlife
4. Promote citizen involvement in stewardship
5. Supply local plants to restoration projects
6. Educate participants re: plant uses and values
7. Increase use of native plants in public/private landscapes
8. Preserve local plant diversity & genetics
9. Preserve landfill space for long term operation
10.Participants get exercise, take home plants, create
community/family, maintain local sense of place
COST: $30 - 60K/agency/year
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Cascadia Plant Salvaging
• King County • Pierce County
• Mason/Grays Hbr
Counties
• Thurston County
• Snohomish County
Snohomish County
King County
Pierce County
Thurston County
Mason/Grays
Harbor
Counties
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
King County
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ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Customer Outreach: Gateway http://www.kingcounty.gov/services/environment/stewardship/volunteer/donate-native-plants.aspx
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Thurston County
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Plant-holding Facilities
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ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Environmental
Benefits...
Genetically local flora
and other rare species
are not lost to urban
expansion.
Use of native plants creates
food and shelter (habitat)
for insects, birds and
‘flutterby’s’.
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Endangered Salmon Benefits via...
• Minimized long-term irrigation and fertilization
• Improved downstream habitat
• More functional landscapes and habitats that support salmon
• SELLING POINT: Reduced landowner expenses
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Public Education
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Student Organized Prairie Restoration
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Planning & Communications
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Communications & Transport
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Volunteers Make It Happen
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ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO 9/21/2010
All Ages Welcome
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Beneficiaries…
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Stream & Water Quality Benefits…
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Golf Course Enhancements…
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Volunteers take home native plants!
for home gardens and community planting projects...
Rewards that support regional habitat restoration
ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Plant Salvaging Groups