Agency Details:

Friends Of Ravenna Ravine

To restore the natural areas of Ravenna Park to a healthy forest of native plants in urban Seattle that is available to all.

Description:
Our main activity is monthly work parties in which we remove invasives and plant native plants in Ravenna Park. We generally have 9-12 volunteers at those work parties, a combination of neighbors and less regular volunteers. We review all of our work with the lead gardener for Ravenna Park. We also support and coordinate our work with Earth Corps large volunteer work parties in Ravenna Park. Last year that included a large United Way Day of Caring at Ravenna Park. The current co-leaders of the group are George Macomber and Ann Stevens. They were co-founders of the group. George has worked to enhance the natural areas of the park for over 20 years. Ann has completed the Native Plant Stewardship Training and received a Wetland Science and Management Certificate at University of Washington in the last two years.

History:
Our group originated in 2003. One of our leaders trained in the first group of forest stewards under the Green Seattle Partnership Initiative. Since then we have coordinated our work with Green Seattle Partnership. We started at the knoll at the end of Ravenna Avenue in the park. Since then we have restored areas along the creek downstream from this area. We also worked with Earth Corps to restore an area below NE 62nd Street at about 17th Ave NE. We are also critical in the maintenance of the 4.5 acre newly daylighted area in the southeast end of the park. We are informally organized and this has worked well for our projects.

Contact people:

Ann Stevens, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email) George Macomber, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Address:

7014 21st Ave NE Seattle, WA 98115 (See a map)

Web Site: None specified

Directions:

We meet at the kiosk at the southeast end of Ravenna Park. I answer the next two questions with regard to this location   Nearest Bus Stop: #31, 5 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	No
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	Yes
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	Yes

Last updated on September 28, 2009