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2015 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

Bark Bark! Effect of Dogs on Urban Forest Restoration and Ecology

Student(s):

Samuel Timpe

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Sharon Baker

Partner(s):

  • Friends of Lincoln Park

Faculty advisor(s):

Kern Ewing, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington

During my project I restored a plot of forest within Lincoln Park in Seattle, WA. I also researched the prevalence of dogs within Lincoln Park, and the effects that off leash dogs have on urban forests as a whole. I found that off leash dogs were prevalent in Lincoln Park and that they were likely doing some degree of damage to the forest and the wildlife within it. I shared this knowledge with a larger audience through the West Seattle Blog and Green Seattle Partnership in hopes to increase leash compliance in Seattle parks.