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Native Plant Salvaging Env Ed Short
1. ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Cascadia & Other
Native Plant Salvage Programs
Community Outreach Programs that
Enhance the Local Environment
Ruth Anna Thurston
Evergreen State College
MES Cohort 2016 for
Environmental Education
2. ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Program Objectives & Costs:
1. Public Agency community outreach
2. Decrease water use and non-point source pollution
3. Improve habitat quality for wildlife
4. Promote citizen involvement in stewardship
5. Supply local plants to restoration projects
6. Educate participants re: plant uses and values
7. Increase use of native plants in public/private landscapes
8. Preserve local plant diversity & genetics
9. Preserve landfill space for long term operation
10.Participants get exercise, take home plants, create
community/family, maintain local sense of place
COST: $30 - 60K/agency/year
3. ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Cascadia Plant Salvaging
• King County
• Pierce County
• Mason/Grays Hbr
Counties
• Thurston County
• Snohomish County
Snohomish County
King County
Pierce County
Thurston County
Mason/Grays
Harbor
Counties
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Environmental
Benefits...
Genetically local flora
and other rare species
are not lost to urban
expansion.
Use of native plants creates
food and shelter (habitat)
for insects, birds and
‘flutterby’s’.
10. ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO
Endangered Salmon Benefits via...
• Minimized long-term
irrigation and fertilization
• Improved downstream
habitat
• More functional landscapes
and habitats that support
salmon
• SELLING POINT:
Reduced landowner
expenses
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Volunteers take home
native plants!
for home gardens and community planting
projects...
Rewards that support regional habitat restoration
