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Green Tukwila 20-Year Stewardship Plan Green Tukwila 20-Year Stewardship Plan ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Green City Partnerships program started in 2004, comprises a network of public-private ventures between Forterra, local government agencies, businesses, organizations, and citizens. This effort set the stage for engaging the public in ongoing stewardship of urban forests and natural areas and was expanded into cities throughout the Puget Sound Region with the formation of new partnerships. We developed the Green Tukwila Partnership based on these efforts, creating a plan to address the needs of the Tukwila community. This important work was funded, in part, by a generous grant from Boeing’s Healthy Communities Initiative. City of Tukwila Elected Officials Mayor: Allan Ekberg City Council: Dennis Robertson, Council President Joe Duffie Verna Seal Kathy Hougardy De’Sean Quinn Kate Kruller Thomas McLeod Park Commission: Mike Martin, Chair Don Scanlon Sean Albert Heidi Watters Matt Mega Tukwila Staff Advisory Group Robert Eaton, Parks and Recreation Manager Carol Lumb, Senior Planner, Department of Community Development Andrea Cummins, Urban Environmentalist, Department of Community Development Mike Perfetti, Habitat Project Manager, Public Works Department Forterra Norah Kates, Green Cities Project Manager Kimberly Frappier, Restoration Ecologist Matt Mega, Green Cities Project Manager Joanna Nelson de Flores, Green Cities Director Nicole Marcotte, Green Cities Project Associate Christopher Walter, GIS Director Green Tukwila 20-Year Stewardship Plan 1 American Forestry Management, Inc. Data Collection Jesse Saunders, Inventory Forester Ted Hitzroth, GIS Manager Illustrations Andrea Mojzak Photography Nicole Marcotte Georgina Kerr Photography by McRob (www.mcrobphoto.com) Billy Hustace (hustacephotogrpahy.com) Nick Krittawat Uncredited photos were taken by Forterra or Tukwila Parks and Recreation Editing Diane Sepanski 2 TABLE OF CONTENts Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................................................1 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................................6 I. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................................8 The Need for a Green Tukwila Partnership ......................................................................................................................9 Investing in Tukwila’s Urban Forest: Public Health, Economic and Ecosystem Benefits.................................................10 II. The Challenge: Threatened Forests and Natural Areas .........................................................................................................15 Tukwila’s Parks, Trails and Open Spaces ........................................................................................................................15 Challenges and Threats to Sustainability .......................................................................................................................16 Fragmentation ........................................................................................................................................................16 Declining Habitat Quality ......................................................................................................................................16 Invasive Species: Plants ...........................................................................................................................................17 Invasive Species: Insects ..........................................................................................................................................18 Native Vegetation Struggling to Regenerate ............................................................................................................19 Illegal Activity .........................................................................................................................................................19 Climate Change ......................................................................................................................................................19 Resource Limitations on Forest and Natural Area Restoration and Maintenance .....................................................20 III. Meeting the Challenge ......................................................................................................................................................21 The Mission and Vision ................................................................................................................................................21 Outcomes .....................................................................................................................................................................22 Goals ............................................................................................................................................................................22 Partnership Roles and Responsibilities ..........................................................................................................................23 City of Tukwila .......................................................................................................................................................23 Seattle City Light ....................................................................................................................................................24 King County Parks .................................................................................................................................................24 Tukwila School District...........................................................................................................................................24 Highline School District .........................................................................................................................................24 Washington Department of Transportation .............................................................................................................24 Washington Department of Natural Resources .......................................................................................................24 Nonprofit Organizations .........................................................................................................................................25 Volunteers and the Community at Large ................................................................................................................26 Commercial and Nonprofit Field Crews .................................................................................................................26 Funders, Donors and Sponsors ...............................................................................................................................27 Private Landowners .................................................................................................................................................28 IV. Forest and Natural Areas Assessment .................................................................................................................................29 Methods .......................................................................................................................................................................29 Tree-iage and Forest Landscape Assessment Tool (FLAT) ........................................................................................29 Tree-iage Categories ................................................................................................................................................30 Results ..........................................................................................................................................................................31 Tree-iage Matrix ......................................................................................................................................................31 Overstory Species ....................................................................................................................................................32 Regenerating Overstory Species ..............................................................................................................................33 Green Tukwila 20-Year Stewardship Plan 3 Native Understory Species ......................................................................................................................................33 Invasive Species .......................................................................................................................................................33 Slope .......................................................................................................................................................................35 V. Moving Forward — The Next 20 Years ...............................................................................................................................36 Field .............................................................................................................................................................................36
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