King County helped to initiate an effort to plant trees throughout the county. In partnership with businesses and non-profit organizations, over 200,000 tree seedlings will be planted throughout the Mountains to Sound Greenway with the help of thousands of citizen volunteers.

“200,000 Trees in 2000 will be an integral part of a year-long effort on the part of King County to improve our environment,” said Sims. “Not only will we be joining with a variety of partners to plant hundreds of thousands of trees this year, we will also be working hard on many other environmental fronts. This includes everything from restoring critical salmon and wildlife habitat, to preserving open space, to promoting our own and other’s environmentally sound business practices,” Sims said

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