We all can be good stewards of Miller and Walker Creeks! Whether you live right next to the streams or a mile away, your actions can help improve water quality and reduce stormwater in the creeks and beyond.  Remember --

 Stewardship Resources for Watershed Residents 

• Tips on How You Can Help Miller/Walker Creeks: Start Being a Better Steward Today
• Adult Salmon Monitoring Program - contact the Basin Steward to volunteer!
• Volunteer Calendar: Get Dirty for Clean Water and Healthy Habitat
• Miller Creek Photo Tour
• Walker Creek Photo Tour
• Miller and Walker Creeks Basin Plan:
  Recommendations to Improve the Streams
• Maps
  • Aerial photo of combined Miller and Walker Creek basins, showing vegetation, lakes, streams, streets, buildings, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)  
  • Map of combined Miller Creek and Walker Creek basins, showing lakes, streams, streets, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
  • Aerial photo of Miller Creek basin only, showing vegetation, lakes, streams, streets, buildings, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
  • Map of Miller Creek basin only, showing lakes, streams, streets, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
  • Aerial photo of Walker Creek basin only, showing vegetation, lakes, streams, streets, buildings, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
  • Map of Walker Creek basin only, showing lakes, streams, streets, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
  • Other maps from the City of Burien
• Monitoring Info: How Are Miller/Walker Creeks Doing?
  • Community Salmon Investigation
  • Chronicle of Miller/Walker Creek events affecting stream ecology and fish populations (Adobe Acrobat)
  • Miller Creek - Fish/Habitat Relationships: Measures, Analysis and Report (Adobe Acrobat)

Why Good Stewardship Matters
Whether you live near or far from Miller and Walker Creeks, good stewardship of our land and water carries multiple benefits:

• Healthier home and yard for children and pets
• Cleaner water in our streams and at Puget Sound beaches
• Less flooding and erosion
• Healthy urban forests and green spaces

Basin Steward Available to Help

• Volunteer to help plant trees and control weeds
• Improve your streamside property with natural yard care and use of native plants
• Arrange a presentation for your school, community group, or faith community
• Report fish sightings or non-emergency problems with the creeks

For more information, check out the Miller Walker Basin Stewardship Program Brochure!

Stewardship of the Miller/Walker Creeks basin is jointly funded by the City of Burien, City of Normandy Park, City of SeaTac, King County, and the Port of Seattle. On behalf of the partners, this page is proudly hosted by King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks - Water and Land Resources Division.

News and announcements

December 15, 2023

Thank you for another great year of Miller-Walker Basin Stewardship! Please join us for volunteer events beginning in March 2024! Sign up for our mailing list to receive event notifications in your email. 

Miller-Walker Creek questions

• Contact Iris Kemp

Lake Burien questions

• Direct questions about Lake Burien, including toxic algae testing, to Rachael Gravon or Chris Knutson

Sponsoring jurisdictions

• City of Burien
• City of Normandy Park
• City of SeaTac
• King County
• Port of Seattle