The weed seed explosion from the COVID pause is still plaguing Cottonwood Corner, but Squad made meaningful progress tackling it! The gathering space returned to a better state of open wood chips and seating. The Green Tukwila Partnership continues to grow community environmentalism in the City by empowering volunteer forest stewards to lead work parties in their local green spaces. Squad will be back to keep up the good work on this salmon bearing stream!
COVID-19
Stewardship Squad is Back!
Stewardship Squad has upcoming events! Some of our event-host partner organizations have decided to host groups up to 12 people–hooray! There will be COVID protocols per each host's policies (masks, distancing, paperwork, etc.).
For the upcoming Thursday 2/11 event, please RSVP to Green Tukwila here.
We look forward to volunteering with you again!
COVID Update December 2020
Happy Winter Solstice! On this darkest day of the year, I am pleased to announce some bright news–that it is my expectation that we can have Squad work parties with greater than five volunteers in the new year! Eight to twelve people is likely beginning mid January. It looks like guidance from the Governor’s office will categorize stewardship events as ‘Outdoor Guided Activities’ in the state’s Safe Start plan.
How we have missed working together in nature! Pilot stewardship events with COVID protocols have been successful and nourishing. And the noxious weeds have flourished in our absence. I hope you have found local household-centered ways to engage in stewardship during Squad’s pandemic hiatus.
We look forward to working together again soon! Happy Holidays and be well.
COVID-19 July Update
Squad misses you! While the status of King County’s Safe Start opening limits classes and gatherings to five people outside your household, it is not very feasible to run the Homeschool Stewardship Squad. That said, evidence continues to build that physically-distant outdoor gatherings are a largely safe form of the nourishing connection we all need with each other, our communities and of course nature.
I am in conversation with Squad’s event host partners to stay abreast of their COVID policies regarding re-opening work parties. We all long to return to get back at it, the bindweed and blackberry certainly isn’t social distancing!
Take care.