The Green Cities Partnership, funded by the Port of Seattle, supports healthy urban forests in the near-airport communities of SeaTac, Burien, and Des Moines through community-based restoration projects. Key initiatives include a Forest Steward Program, where trained volunteers lead park and natural area restoration efforts, and a Neighborhood Tree Program offering tree walks, plantings, and care activities. The project also includes an urban forest assessment and a community-supported enhancement plan aimed at reducing carbon emissions 80% from 2007 levels by 2050.

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Fact sheet describing the Green Cities Partnership funded by the Port of Seattle to support urban forest restoration in SeaTac, Burien and Des Moines. The project includes forest assessment, community engagement, and implementation of Forest Steward and Neighborhood Tree programs.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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