Warren G. Magnuson Park
Vegetation Management Plan

This Vegetation Management Plan has been crafted for Warren G. Magnuson Park, to address a multifaceted need to clarify the intent, methods, and means for managing its diverse landscapes and related uses. Warren G. Magnuson Park represents many things to its many users and neighbors. It is a place for a daily energetic run or a quiet reflective walk; a broad, sweeping expanse of open space along the shorelines of Lake Washington; a place for active sports and recreation; a pastoral viewshed; a setting for picnics, swimming, birding, kite-flying, wind surfing, boat launching, and biking; a venue for myriad cultural, educational, and social gatherings; a sanctuary and a refuge. Warren G. Magnuson is one of Seattle's destination parks, a place as often used by visitors arriving from across the city as by neighbors who simply walk through the front gates. Park use and management are of passionate interest to many who come to the Park, and to those who live nearby. Their interests are as diverse as the landscape of the Park itself.

TABLE OF CONTENTS (PDF)
LIST OF TABLES & FIGURES (PDF)

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION (PDF)

1.0 Introduction

SECTION 2: GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES OF SAND POINT MAGNUSON PARK (PDF)

2.0 Goals, Objectives, and Policies
2.1 Goals and Objectives: Sand Point Magnuson Park Vegetation Management Plan
2.2 Overview: Applicable Department of Parks and Recreation Plans/Policies
2.2.1 Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation Complan (2000)
2.2.2 Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation Tree Policy (2001)
2.2.3 Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation Urban Wildlife and
         Habitat Management Plan (2000 Update)
2.3 Sand Point Magnuson Park Adopted Plans and Policies
2.3.1 Sand Point Physical Development Management Plan (PDMP)
2.3.2 Design Guidelines Manual for Sand Point Magnuson Park (1997)
2.3.3 Sand Point Historic Properties Re-use and Protection Plan (1998)
2.3.4 Sand Point Blue Ribbon Committee Report to the Mayor and Seattle
         City Council (1999)

SECTION 3: INVENTORY OF HISTORIC AND EXISTING CONDITIONS (PDF)

3.0 Inventory of Historic and Existing Conditions
3.1 Historic Conditions
3.2 Current Conditions Studies
3.2.1 Magnuson Park Habitats Project Survey of Existing Conditions
3.2.2 Magnuson Park Wildlife Habitat Study
3.2.3 Seattle Urban Nature Project Map, September 2000
3.2.4 Magnuson Park Existing Conditions (2001)
3.2.5 Sand Point Existing Conditions (2001)
3.3 Public Comment on Vegetation Management Plan

SECTION 4: LANDSCAPE ZONES AND MANAGEMENT AREAS (PDF)

4.0 Landscape Zone Analysis
4.1 Identification of Management Areas Within Landscape Zones
4.1.1 Shoreline Zone
4.1.2 Promontory Point Zone
4.1.3 Forest Remnant Zone
4.1.4 Historic District Zone
4.1.5 Sand Point East Housing Zone
4.1.6 Community Activity Center Zone
4.1.7 Sportsfield Zone
4.1.8 Habitat Zone
4.1.9 Dog Off-leash Zone
4.1.10 Building 193 Zone
4.2 Management Goals and Objectives by Landscape Zones
4.2.1 Shoreline Zone
4.2.2 Promontory Point Zone
4.2.3 Forest Remnant Zone
4.2.4 Historic District Zone
4.2.5 Sand Point East Housing Zone
4.2.6 Community Activity Center Zone
4.2.7 Sportsfield Zone
4.2.8 Habitat Zone
4.2.9 Dog Off-leash Zone
4.2.10 Building 193 Zone

SECTION 5: VEGETATION TREATMENT TYPES BY ZONE & MANAGEMENT AREA (PDF)

5.0 Vegetation Treatment Types within Each Zone
5.1 Shoreline Zone
5.1.1 Fin Project Management Area
5.1.2 Non-native Shrub Management Area
5.1.3 Upland Meadow Management Area
5.1.4 Tree/Shrub Savannah Management Area
5.1.5 Mowed Grassland Management Area
5.1.6 Nearshore Management Area
5.1.7 Wetland Management Area
5.2 Promontory Point Zone
5.2.1 Upland Meadow Management Area
5.2.2 Upland Forest Management Area
5.2.3 Non-native Shrub Management Area
5.3 Forest Remnant Zone
5.3.1 South Woodland Management Area
5.3.2 North Woodland Management Area
5.3.3 Open Forest Margin Management Area
5.4 Historic District Zone
5.4.1 North Shore Recreation Management Area
5.4.2 Aircraft Industrial Management Area
5.4.3 Historic District Core Management Area
5.4.4 Officer's Row Management Area
5.4.5 Golf Greensward Management Area
5.4.6 Sand Point Way Management Area
5.5 Sand Point East Housing Zone
5.6 Community Activity Center Zone
5.6.1 Community Activities Management Area
5.6.2 Junior League Playground Management Area
5.6.3 Tree/Shrub Savanah Management Area
5.7 Sportsfield Zone
5.7.1 Turf Management Area
5.7.2 Upland Meadow Management Area
5.8 Habitat Zone
5.8.1 Non-native Shrub Management Area
5.8.2 Upland Forest Management Area
5.8.3 Upland Meadow Management Area
5.8.4 Tree/Shrub Savanah Management Area
5.8.5 Wetland Management Area
5.8.6 Wetland Mosaic Management Area
5.8.7 Mowed Grassland Management Area
5.9 Dog Off-leash Zone
5.9.1 Upland Forest Management Area
5.9.2 Non-native Shrub Management Area
5.10 Building 193 Zone

SECTION 6: MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PRACTICES (PDF)

6.0 Management and Maintenance Practices
6.1 Amending Soils
6.2 Establishing Meadow
6.3 Maintaining Meadow
6.4 Mulching
6.5 Planting
6.6 Pruning
6.7 Removing Plants
6.8 Taking Care of Turf
6.9 Three Year Establishment Care
6.10 Watering
6.11 Weeding and Invasive Control

SECTION 7: PLAN IMPLEMENTATION (PDF)

7.0 Plan Implementation
7.1 Ongoing Maintenance
7.1.1 Natural Area Landscapes
7.1.2 Developed Landscapes
7.2 Specific Projects
7.2.1 Natural Area Landscapes
7.2.2 Developed Landscapes

SECTION 8: MONITORING (PDF)

8.0 Monitoring
8.1 Maintenance Monitoring
8.2 Project Monitoring
8.2.1 Natural Area Projects
8.2.2 Developed Landscape Projects

SECTION 9: REFERENCES (PDF)

9.0 References

SECTION 10: APPENDICES (Table of Contents) (PDF)

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