Snohomish County Healthy Forest Program

The Healthy Forest Program partners with local communities to recruit, train, and support volunteer stewards to lead forest restoration projects in priority parks. Ultimately, the county aims to build a strong culture of community stewardship, leadership, and partnership to support a healthy urban forest for everyone. The county's program relies on a network of individuals, non-profit organizations, businesses, schools, and county staff.

So far, we have:

• Assessed forest health conditions of the identified 1,000 acres of parks and natural areas.
• Reached out to the community to guide project prioritization and implementation.
• Developed a 20-year plan to share the forest health assessment results and establish goals and strategies for forest restoration and community engagement efforts.
• Implemented on-the-ground projects at eight different parks, with a volunteer program to organize local community groups to plant trees, remove invasive plant species, and meet restoration goals.
  • Field's Riffle
  • Kayak Point Regional Park
  • Lake Stickney Community Park
  • Lord Hill Regional Park
  • McCollum Pioneer Park
  • Meadowdale Beach Park
  • Picnic Point Park
  • and Southwest County Olympic View Park