Discovery Park Vegetation Management Plan

The 1972 Master Plan for Discovery Park defined the park as an open space of quiet and tranquility away from the stress and activity of the city. The park will be managed to retain as much of its natural character as possible, balancing the maintenance and restoration of the area’s forested predevelopment condition with existing uses of the park.

The Master Plan was revised in 1974 and a vegetation management plan was prepared for the park in 1980. However, population growth in the region has increased usage of the park and put new pressures on its plant communities. In the face of these changing conditions, the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation (DOPR) decided to prepare a new vegetation management plan.

• Vegetation Management Plan (PDF 345k)
  • Appendix A - Vegetation Management Zone Maps
    • A-1: vegetation management zones map (PDF 1.7M)
      
    • A-2: zone 1 - Visitors' Center (PDF 1.4M)
      
    • A-3: zone 2 - Heath Path (PDF 1.4M)
      
    • A-4: zone 3 - North Forest (East half) (PDF 1.4M)
      
    • A-5: zone 3 - North Forest (West half) (PDF 1.3M)
      
    • A-6: zone 5 - North Bluff (PDF 1.2M)
      
    • A-7: zone 7 - South Bluff Forest Trail (PDF 1M)
      
    • A-8: zone 8 - Wolf Tree Nature Trail (PDF 1.3M)
      
    • A-9: zone 9 - Bay Terrace (PDF 1.3M)
      
    • A-10: zone 11 -South Meadow (PDF 1.2M)
      
    • A-11: zone 12 - Sludge Meadow (PDF 1.2M)
      
    • A-12: zone 13 & 14 - Horse Patrol and Utah Wetland (PDF 1.3M)
      
    • A-13: zone 16 - Top of Historic District (PDF 315k)
      
    • A-14: zone 17 - Daybreak Star Pond Area (PDF 1.3M)
      
    • A-15: zone 19 - Bird Alley (PDF 1M)
      
    • A-16: zone 20 - South Parking Lot (PDF 1.4M)
      
    • A-17: zone 21 - Loop Trail West (PDF 1.4M)
  • Appendix B (PDF 628k)
  • Appendix C (PDF 34k)
  • Figures
    • FIGURE 1. PLAN DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION CONCEPTUAL APPROACH
      
    • FIGURE 2A. AVERAGE PERCENT COVER OF SELECTED TREE SPECIE (PDF 87k)
      
    • FIGURE 2B. AVERAGE PERCENT COVER OF SELECTED SHRUB SPECIES (PDF 87k)
      
    • FIGURE 3A. CONSTANCY OF SELECTED TREE SPECIES (PDF 86k)
      
    • FIGURE 3B. CONSTANCY OF SELECTED SHRUB SPECIES (PDF 147k)
      
    • FIGURE 4. COMMUNITY TYPE ZONE MAP (PDF 1M)
      
    • FIGURE 5. GENERAL TRENDS IN COMMUNITY TYPE DISTRIBUTION IN DISCOVERY PARK
      
    • FIGURE 6. RECOMMENDED ROAD REMOVALS (PDF 570k)
    • FIGURE 7. RECOMMENDED STAIRWAY REMOVALS (PDF 570k)

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