Crossposted from Clean Water Stories from King County

People from around the world have found themselves calling King County home, with only an estimated three in 10 Seattle area adults born in Washington. One of these Seattle transplants is Max Solis, who uprooted from Los Angeles in 2019.  

 “I felt like I was in the wrong place, like there was no future for me in California,” Max says. “I really feel like I’ve found my place in Seattle.” 

It should be of no surprise then to learn that Max has found himself looking over his own group of transplants. As a groundskeeper at West Point Treatment Plant (where King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division cleans Seattle’s wastewater) one of his many tasks is looking after a future forest, a group of seedlings that will one day move, just like he did, to a new home. Read more.