The Tacoma Habitat Stewardship Program has four restoration work parties coming up in Tacoma in May! Looking to meet folks passionate about caring for local green spaces and community? We’d love to have you join us for our upcoming events. No experience is necessary and all are welcome! We’ll provide all the essentials: 🧤 Gloves 🛠️ Tools 🥨 Snacks 💧 Water 👷 Instruction and support qʷiqʷəlut Work Party May 9th 9:00am-12:00pm RSVP: qʷiqʷəlut Salt Marsh Work Party<https://piercecd.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=2797&month=5&year=2026&day=28&calType=0> Come check out this unique salt marsh tucked away in the tide flats of Tacoma! Now that spring is here, many of our native plants are blooming- come check out the rainbow of natural colors. We’ll be clearing weeds and mulching around native plantings and mulching along the pathway into the marsh. Wapato Hills Work Party May 9th 9:00am-12:00pm RSVP: <https://piercecd.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=2699&month=4&year=2026&day=11&calType=0> Wapato Hills Volunteer Work Party<https://piercecd.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=2798&month=5&year=2026&day=28&calType=0> Join us for a work party at Wapato Hills! This 70 acre site has prairie-oak remnants, evergreen forests, and wetlands on top of a glacial drumlin! We will be removing weeds such as blackberry, ivy, and scotch broom. Trafton Slope Work Party May 16th 9:00am-12:00pm RSVP: Trafton Slope Volunteer Work Party<https://piercecd.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=2799&month=5&year=2026&day=28&calType=0> This is a unique natural area tucked away in South Tacoma, consisting of both the more familiar Pacific Northwest forest ecosystem, but also has some oak-prairie remnants. We will be clearing weeds like blackberry, mulching around new plantings and along the restoration pathways. Fern Hill Work Party May 23rd 9:00am-12:00pm RSVP: <https://piercecd.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=2800&month=5&year=2026&day=28&calType=0> Fern Hill Volunteer Work Party<https://piercecd.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=2800&month=5&year=2026&day=28&calType=0> Our Fern Hill site is a magical pocket forest that could use some tender loving care! Help us continue to remove weeds to make way for planting native plants come fall. Also check out our recently built Hugel Bed located at the site! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions. Hope to see you there, [cid:68ef83c9-d9a8-4209-9fc9-fde68f5c97d6] Kayla Kunimoto Habitat Stewardship Technician Pierce Conservation District Email: TacomaHabitatStewardship@PierceCD.org Mobile: 253-954-0853 Web www.PierceCD.org<http://www.piercecd.org/> Get to Know Us Click Here<https://vimeo.com/352514011> Pronouns She/Her PO Box 1057 | 308 West Stewart Ave | Puyallup, WA 98371 Over 75 years of conservation in Pierce County. Follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/PierceConservationDistrict/> and Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/pierceconservationdistrict/> Legal Disclaimer: The contents of all e-mail transmissions to and from this office may be considered public information and subject to the provisions of the State of Washington Public Records Act.