Releases News Release County seeks habitat volunteers for May 5 event at Cavanaugh Pond Join with current and new King County Habitat Partners battling Japanese knotweed and Himalayan blackberry to prevent these damaging weeds from smothering recently planted native trees and shrubs at Cavanaugh Pond, along the Cedar River near Renton.
Planting is just the beginning of habitat restoration.
Without care, plantings in disturbed areas along rivers and streams have little chance of success. That's why the King County Department of Natural Resources created the Habitat Partners Program, in which groups and individuals adopt and care for newly planted sections of stream bank. Habitat Partners matches interested volunteers with restoration sites around King County. Drive east past the Maplewood Golf Course and turn left on 174 th ST SE into the River Bend Mobile Home park. Park on the left.