Whale Scout details restoration, education work at former Wayne Golf Course as city closes master-plan RFPs

Whale Scout and City of Bothell staff described recent habitat-restoration work at the former Wayne Golf Course and next steps on city master planning during the Parks and Recreation Board’s December 2024 meeting.

The presentation, given by Rachel, Whale Scout’s student and community education coordinator, outlined volunteer plantings, community education events and an internship program tied to restoration at the former Wayne Golf Course. “By the end of the planting season, we'll have about 504 trees and shrubs in the ground,” Rachel said, summarizing the planting target. She told the board Whale Scout has expanded outreach—counting school and senior events—and has partnered with UW Bothell students on water-quality and vegetation monitoring and a recent planting project that placed roughly 270 trees and shrubs in one site.

The presentation stressed…