King County. As
part of the Miller-Walker Creek Basin, The City of Burien joins King
County, Normandy Park, Seatac, and the Port of Seattle in supporting a
10 year restoration plan.
Puget Sound Starts Here.
Puget Sound Starts Here partners include federal, state and local
governments, tribes and non-governmental organizations dedicated to
protecting Puget Sound. Over 750 organizations across the Puget Sound
region’s 12 counties are working to connect each of us with what we can
do to help save the Sound. Every action counts! From the snowcapped
mountain peaks to the white capped waves and all that lives beneath, the
Puget Sound Starts Here campaign focuses on our connections to the
Puget Sound. The goal of Puget Sound Starts Here is to raise awareness
of how our everyday actions impact this place where we live, work and
play.
Stormwater Outreach for Regional Municipalities (STORM). A
coalition of 83 Western Washington cities and counties that have worked
together since 2007 to help achieve our NPDES Stormwater Permit
obligations. Engaging the public to address stormwater pollution that
affects our lakes, streams, and Puget Sound is a huge task. It requires
broad, regionally consistent and recognizable messaging across the
Sound, as well as focused personal engagement with citizens at a local
level.
Environmental Science Center. Founded
in 2000, the Burien-based Environmental Science Center is a
not-for-profit organization offering quality, experiential environmental
education programs at our local beaches, streams, forests, and
classrooms in South King County.
Zero Waste Washington.
Zero Waste Washington protects people and our natural world by
advocating for products designed and produced to be healthy, safe, and
continually recycled and reused. The City of Burien and Zero Waste
Washington are working together to design a new litter tracking tool to
better understand the types of litter in our creeks, as well as to
reduce the amount of litter that ends up there.
King County Conservation District. The
King Conservation District’s Urban Shoreline program helps urban
homeowners protect and improve the health of streams, rivers, wetlands,
lakes, ponds and marine shorelines by removing invasive plant species
and installing native trees and shrubs. All waterfront landowners within
the city limits of Burien are eligible for the Urban Shoreline program.