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The Port of Seattle has more than 60 acres of parks and public access sites that include scenic bike and pedestrian trails, picnic areas, habitat restoration areas, fishing piers, and shoreline access. Several of its parks have been featured in the Seattle Times as great places to enjoy the outdoors while witnessing ship movements and other maritime related activities.
Managed by the Port’s Marine Maintenance Department, they use 100% organic landscaping techniques and plant only native non-invasive species and drought tolerant trees and shrubs. All grass clippings and trimmed branches are composted or mulched for future use. This helps to conserve water and reduce run-off. All Port parks have been 100% organic since 1998.
Several parks have received environmental awards for recycling, water conservation and hazardous waste reduction.