Volunteer
Interested in volunteering? See the following sites with active stewards already or contact the city via e-mail to learn how you might work in partnership with the city to start a new Habitat Stewardship site.
Current Volunteer Opportunities
Silver Creek Open Space Site
926 12th Avenue SW
Puyallup, WA 98371
Silver Creek Habitat Stewards meet on a semi-regular basis to improve the vegetation quality in the upper Silver Creek area.
To sign up for monthly work party announcements and updates, contact the two site Habitat Stewards:
The Silver Creek Habitat Stewardship Group is focusing on removing invasive plants, such as bedstraw, morning glory, Japanese knotweed, ivy and reed canary grass, and establishing native trees and shrubs, with a focus on native Oregon Oak and native flowering plant habitat (to benefit pollinating insects)
Meeker Creek stream corridor Site
Meet at:
10th Avenue SW and 14th Street SW
Puyallup, WA 98371
Contact Melissa Buckingham for information about scheduled work parties:
Meeker Creek supports multiple species of endangered salmon and needs native plantings to help shade and cool the creek for these salmon as they return home to spawn in the Clarks Creek basin.
City of Puyallup Seeking New Habitat Stewards
Puyallup is developing a 20-year plan to restore its natural open space areas – the city’s goal is to recruit two (2) new stewards per year to adopt a site for long-term habitat stewardship.
The city is seeking interested citizens to adopt the following priority habitat sites:
- Dead Man’s Pond
- Bradley Lake Park
- Clarks Creek Park