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Be a Creek Steward
Be a Backyard Steward
Take care of creeks from your backyard
You can help people, creeks and wildlife by following these landscaping, water quality and water conservation tips.
Landscaping
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- • Practice Salmon Friendly Gardening by choosing native plants and reducing pesticide and herbicide use. For more native plant suggestions, refer to the Washington Native Plant Society.
- • Improve the health of your lawn without using chemicals with Natural Lawn Care.
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- • Use compost and mulch: Grow Healthy Soil with compost to improve water quality and decrease run off. You can even make compost and mulch at home with yard waste and food scraps.
- • Reduce run-off, which can carry sediment and chemicals into creeks, with Smart Watering. You can also save water with Efficient Irrigation .
- • Reduce impervious surfaces, or surfaces that don’t absorb water, on your property.
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Protect Water Quality
- • Protect your creek’s water quality by Storm Drain Stenciling.
- • Report Surface Water Quality Problems such as leaking automobiles, concrete dumped in the street, or paint in the drain.
- • Learn ways to keep water safe and clean.
Conserve Water
- • Save water at home and at work to keep water in our reservoirs and rivers, which provide habitat for fish and other wildlife.
Sign Up
To sign up as a Backyard Steward, please contact Chris May at (206) 386-4270 or chris.may@seattle.gov or Deb Heiden at (206) 386-1802 or deb.heiden@seattle.gov
Related links
Salmon Friendly Gardening
Natural Lawn Care
Grow Healthy Soil
Smart Watering
Tips & Rebates for Automatic Irrigation & Sprinkler Systems
Stencil a Storm Drain
Report Surface Water Quality Problems On-line
Keep Water Safe & Clean
Links to other sites
Washington Native Plant Society Plant List
Beavers: Information and Help
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