Volunteers Needed for Pearl Jam Reforestation at Crestwoods Feb. 11

The band Pearl Jam is rocking a green tune by donating money for reforestation projects in the region, and one of them is Kirkland’s Crestwoods Park, where on Saturday, Feb. 11, volunteers will plant hundreds of trees.

Word is Stone Gossard, guitarist for the huge Seattle rock band, might even show up.

The city’s Green Kirkland Partnership is asking residents, especially Pearl Jam fans, to turn out and help, and it should be a fun, family friendly event, with cool prizes donated by the band to be handed out.

Pearl Jam donated the money in 2010 as an effort to mitigate the carbon emissions from travel during its 2009 world tour - calculated at some 5,474 metric tons of CO2. The conservation group Forterra, formerly the Cascade Land Conservancy, is coordinating the reforestation of 33 acres of forested park land in King County, partnering with the Green Kirkland, Green Kent, Green Redmond and Green Seattle Partnerships.

On Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., volunteers will remove invasive, non-native species like Himalayan blackberry and plant native trees in an eight-acre section of the 27-acre park.

Crestwoods Park is at 1818 6th Street in Kirkland, near .

Volunteers are asked to bring tools, gloves and lunch, and to dress for the weather. Minors under 14 years must be accompanied by an adult. Youth 14 to 17 years should be accompanied by an adult, or bring a signed waiver form, or a parent/guardian to sign you in.

More information and sign-up: www.forterra.org