Duwamish Alive Coalition – Improving our river and watershed

This is the story of how one person can make a substantial difference in their community.  John Beal, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who suffered physical injuries and severe psychological harm while serving in Vietnam, but later found a purpose in life...

Hundreds of volunteers help revitalize and restore the Duwamish River, which runs through Seattle on its way to Puget Sound and is home to four species of salmon. For more information click here.
From Field and Stream – “The way we see it, anyone can be a hero to fish and game or its habitat. Any volunteer who endeavors to give back to the places where he or she has spent so many good days hunting and fishing is a Hero For a Day. This year, Field...

by Hays Swinney
Five years ago, when I started at Forterra (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy), Pieter Bohen, then Stewardship Director, was excited to show me one of the properties I would soon become intimately involved with, the Duwamish Hill Preserve. He described...

by Jeremy Grisham
I can only define eco-therapy and what it means to me, by the impact it has had on my life.  When I realized what it is, then it became a tool and today I use that tool as a method with which I work to manage life with PTSD, depression—and everything...