King County Effort To Plant 1 Million Trees Moving Quickly

From King County: A partnership Executive Dow Constantine launched in 2015 to plant one million trees throughout King County by the end of 2020 has accelerated over the past year, reducing carbon pollution and improving the health of neighborhoods and habitats.

Counting the current planting season, the growing coalition of cities, nonprofits, schools, and volunteers has so far planted 705,840 trees. King County will continue to offer volunteer opportunities during spring and summer for people and organizations that want to help prepare for the next planting season.

At a ceremonial tree planting today at King County’s Big Finn Hill Park in Kirkland, Executive Constantine thanked the county employees and partners who contributed to the latest milestone for the 1 Million Trees initiative.

“Achieving an ambitious goal like planting a million trees across a vast region requires strong partnerships, an innovative staff, and whole a lot of volunteers – and we are fortunate to have all three,” said Executive Constantine. “The people of King County have embraced our initiative because it provides the opportunity to personally reduce carbon pollution, make our air and water cleaner, and make our neighborhoods and habitats healthier. We will continue to make it convenient to volunteer as we approach the finish line.”

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