Welcome to your City Habitats toolkit.
Here are some resources to help you bring nature into your habitat. Whether you’re a curious passerby, a stormwater expert or anything in between, we’ve got tools to help (de)pave the way!
If you have suggestions for our Toolkit, please contact us!
Technical Resources
Look here to find resources on how to take action at home or in your community.
- 12,000 Rain Gardens: How to Build a Rain Garden
- King County: Native Plant Guide
- King County: Puget Sound Shoreline Stewardship
- Seattle Rainwise Program: Managing Stormwater at Home
- Saving Water Partnership: Natural Yard Care Resources
- EPA: Green Infrastructure Technical Assistance Projects
- King County: Rainwater Harvesting for Outdoor Use
- EPA: Green Infrastructure in Parks
- International Living Future Institute: Water Policy
- Washington State University: Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington
Educational Resources
Look here to learn about the basics or find educational content for your classroom.
- Seattle Public Utilities: Right Place, Right Project
- King County: "Yard Talk" Episodes
- EPA: Learn About Green Streets
- EPA: Nonpoint Source Pollution
- EPA: Green Infrastructure
- EPA: Green Infrastructure Technical Assistance Projects
- Depave.org: Why Depave
- The Nature Conservancy: Outside Our Doors Report
- The Nature Conservancy: Solving Stormwater Video
- Washington Environmental Council: Polluted Puddles Video
- Habitat Network
- Puget Sound Starts Here: Captain Coho & the Salmonmobile
- City Habitats: Turn the Tide on Community Runoff
Financial Resources
Look here to learn about ways to bring green into your pocket and your habitat.