Hundreds of volunteers are needed to work at nine restoration sites along the Duwamish River at the semi-annual Duwamish Alive! work day set for Saturday, Oct. 17.

“This is the last big volunteer outdoor event of the year and a great chance for families to get out and pitch in to make our community and our hometown river a better, healthier place,” said Dhira Brown, People For Puget Sound Restoration Ecologist and event coordinator.

More than a thousand volunteers worked at 12 sites at the Duwamish Alive! Earth Day in April weeding, mulching, planting and cleaning up.  Volunteers are provided tools, gloves, instructions, and refreshment. Work on Oct.17 begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m..

October work sites include: Herrings House Park, West Seattle Greenbelt, Brandon Street Restoration Area, Gateway Park North, Roxhill Park, Hamm Creek Estuary, Duwamish Riverbend Hill, and Codiga Farm. A cleanup work crew using kayaks will also be organized.

For complete program information and instructions on how to sign up for work crews, click here.

The Duwamish Alive! Coalition includes the following organizations:

Alki Kayak Tours | Cascade Land Conservancy | CleanScapes | City of Seattle | City of Tukwila |  Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition | EarthCorps | Edwards Mother Earth Foundation | Elliott Bay Restoration Panel | Environmental Coalition of South Seattle | EOS Alliance | U. S. Environmental Protection Agency | Friends of Duwamish Riverbend Hill | Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed Forum of Local Governments |  Green Seattle Partnership | Georgetown Community Council |  IM-A-PAL Foundation | King County | King Conservation District |  Longfellow Creek Watershed Council | Nature Consortium | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | People For Puget Sound |  Port of Seattle | REI |  Restore America’s Estuaries | Seattle Parks and Recreation | Veterans Conservation Corps | Washington State Department of Ecology.