Cotton Hill Park

Cotton Hill Park is a 2.6 acre public park in the Forbes Creek Watershed of Kirkland. The park sits within a single-family residential neighborhood and alongside a rail corridor that may include a regional trail and transit system in the future. Restoration is being undertaken to support an already active community effort to remove invasive species, create habitat, and facilitate succession to a low elevation coniferous forest-wetland mosaic.

Terminal 105, Duwamish River

Terminal 105 is a park property owned by the Port of Seattle along the heavily-industrialized Duwamish Waterway. This project is undertaken in cooperation with the People for Puget Sound and expands upon a successful tidal channel restoration at the site, as well as other restorations along the Duwamish. The project is focused on upland areas adjacent to the tidal channel and is targeting the removal of invasive plant species and the creation of a native plant community. The major goals are to provide habitat and buffer the tidal channel used by migrating salmonids among other wildlife.

Skyway Park

Skyway Park is a 23 acre property owned by King County. It is dominated by highly developed recreational facilities which are used by the surrounding residential community. This restoration project is focused on the enhancement of a depressional wetland in the center of the park. Invasive species will be removed and replaced by native plants to create habitat and provide educational opportunities. The capstone team is working with local schools, community groups, and a UW design-build class to incorporate their restoration into the development of a larger community and educational resource.

Ravenna Park

Ravenna Park is a major city of Seattle park located in a residential neighborhood north of the University of Washington. Most of the park is dominated by a steep-walled, narrow ravine created by Ravenna Creek. This restoration project is a portion of a larger ravine restoration effort coordinated by the city, the GreenSeattle partnership, and the surrounding community. Invasive species are being replaced with a native plant assemblage that will control erosion and initiate succession to mature native plant communities.

Pierce College Oak Woodlands

The Pierce College Lakewood campus is located in the southern portion of the Puget Lowlands, where native prairie and oak woodlands were formerly common. An open slope and meadow on the eastern side of the campus is being restored from its current degraded state. Invasive species are being replaced by native species to foster development of an oak – prairie complex. Bioengineering erosion control measures are being employed on sloped portions of the site.