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Everett Parks and Forterra created the Green Everett Partnership to improve the health of Everett’s forested parks and natural areas. The program relies on volunteers to help restore these urban habitats. Join us!

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Get involved - be a volunteer!

Spend time with the family, meet new people, and get outside into nature, all while helping to keep Everett’s parks healthy and green. No experience is necessary, and all tools are provided.

Visit our volunteer calendar to find an event near you!

Click here to find upcoming events

Any volunteer under 18 that will NOT be accompanied by supervising adult/parent/guardian must bring a youth release waiver form (PDF) signed by their parent/guardian to the event. If you do not have a printer, you can fill out the PDF online and send a copy before the event to recreation@everettwa.gov. We recommend any youth under the age of 15 be accompanied by an adult at the event.

For more information or questions, email recreation@everettwa.gov or call 425-257-8300 ext. 2.

Become a Forest Steward

Be a hero for your favorite park! A core group of volunteer Forest Stewards are essential to the Green Everett Partnership’s success. If you want to learn how to lead your own forest restoration project, get other volunteers involved, and bring some much-needed TLC to a park you love, we want you to join us! For more information or to RSVP, email Green Everett or call 425-257-8300 option 2.
Green Everett Field Guide

Our 20-Year Plan

Green Everett Partnership created a 20-Year Forest Management Plan (PDF) to restore 354 acres of forested parkland and guide the program’s vision, outcomes and goals.

We are working on the following over the next 20 years:

  1. Improvements in the diversity and health of the city’s urban forest - all 354 acres enrolled in restoration and actively managed during the life of the program.
  2. Quality-of-life enhancement through the public’s use and enjoyment of an improved urban forest.
  3. Positive economic effects and enhancement of the ecosystem services and social and physical health benefits that a healthy urban forest provides (clean air, clean water, stormwater retention, wildlife habitat, access to recreation and community building).
  4. A sustainable, robust, and active Forest Steward Program with volunteers who have a high ownership, stake in, and appreciation for the city’s urban forest

Related links

Howarth Park Stewardship Plan (PDF)
Thornton A. Sullivan Park Stewardship Plan (PDF)

Everett is the first city in Snohomish County to become a Green City Partner and joins Kent, Kirkland, Seattle, Tacoma, Redmond, Tukwila and Puyallup.