Newsletters

Art on signal box at 128th St. entrance to North SeaTac Park by Daniel Wend, commissioned by Des Moines Memorial Drive Preservation Association, altered with a call to save trees by photographer Noemie Maxwell

October 2024

Advocacy is the word of the month: Port Sustainable Airport Master Plan to be released; An additional 30 acres and 500 trees in Des Moines at risk from Port development plans, the future of North SeaTac Park is under consideration, and more

September 2024

Help save 500 trees in Des Moines; Our impact in SeaTac: 80 emails to the Council; Bogs 101 and North SeaTac Park’s Tub Lake Bog

August 2024 Special Action Alert

SeaTac’s City Council is deliberating on Aug 13th on whether to take action to protect North SeaTac Park. Please urge them act decisively

August 2024

Emerald green oasis near S. 216th St. in Des Moines threatened by plans for 400-spot parking lot and 400,000 square foot industrial building ; Public Records requests filed on status of Tub Lake: A prehistoric peat moss bog in North SeaTac Park

July 2024

Washington Conservation Corps continues work in North SeaTac Park, Tukwila, and Burien; Allen Lebovitz, candidate for commissioner of Public Lands, responds to Defenders question about the health of near-airport residents and our forest

June 2024

Congress reauthorizes the FAA - What that means for Highline’s forest canopy; Major environmental advocacy coming up in June

May 2024

Port approves a Land Stewardship Plan without acknowledging extensive public input against replacing large areas of community forest with additional polluting sources; Shout-out to Riverton Heights, Online donations now possible

April 2024, Special Bulletin

Earth Day introductions of Defenders of Highline Forest

April 2024

Defenders’ concerns about Port’s Land Stewardship Plan are being heard

March 2024

Remembering Annie Phillips, Action: Land Stewardship Plan, outreach in Riverton Heights, and more

February 2024

Defenders of Highline Forest believe you deserve a healthy environment

January 2024

Defenders urge an outpouring of support for game-changing legislation: HB 2103 and SB 5955

January 2024

Defenders Expand their Mission, Port of Seattle Land Stewardship Plan

December 2023

Meet us at Pier 69! What is the Port’s Land Stewardship Plan? Big thanks to Seattle Tree Action and The Last 6,000

November 2023

Write to Port and city officials to ask for adequate public notice and input for two important new Port policies

November 2023

Port’s online webinar on new land stewardship policies; Burien Lions Club plants trees in the park, community forest restoration in North SeaTac Park

October 2023

Green SeaTac Day, Port invites input on tree policies, Crosscut article on North SeaTac Park and surrounding forest

August 2023

Correction;  Action needed by tomorrow; Update on suit against Port; Tree removal causing deadly heat increase

August 2023

Important news and updates

June 2023

Aviation Town Hall; class action suit filed against Port; Port silence on rezoning North SeaTac Park; upcoming forest rescues

February 2023

Come to an organizing zoom session, More about beavers, Upcoming forest rescues

January 2023

Don’t replace SeaTac’s forests with warehouses, Beaver in North SeaTac Park, UW interns join Defenders

October 2022

Port Listening Session and the Unfulfilled Promise of a Wetlands Preserve in North SeaTac Park

October 2022

Tell the Port: “Put it in writing!”  

August 2022

Happy Birthday North SeaTac Park

June 2022

Defenders Show Up

May 2022

Action Needed Tomorrow: North SeaTac Council to Vote

April 2022

News & Action Items - Defending our Park & Community

March 2022

Sign the Community Forest Consensus

Jan 2022

This park needs defenders