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Getting Hands On with History at the Salmon la Sac Picnic Shelter

October 21, 2020

During the last days of September, the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust hosted a week-long volunteer event and traditional skills workshop at the Salmon la Sac picnic shelter, which was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1936. The goal of the volunteer event was to construct an informational kiosk using traditional log building

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Welcome New Board Members 2020

October 19, 2020

Each year the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust welcomes new leaders onto our Board of Directors. The Greenway Board is made up of approximately 60 members who are elected to three-year terms at an annual meeting each June. The Greenway Trust is composed of this Board of Directors, along with the Board of Advisors, Technical

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Best Places to see Fall Color in the Greenway

October 16, 2020

Autumn is officially in the air which means chillier days and in some parts of the Greenway, it’s time do some leaf peeping! Whether you’re heading out on a trail or driving along I-90, we’ve rounded up some of Mother Nature’s best backdrops to take in some fall foliage. Middle Fork Road Drive along

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Salmon Viewing in the Greenway

October 13, 2020

Information from King County Salmon SEEson Press Release Pacific salmon – including sockeye, Chinook, coho, pink and chum – have begun the journey from the open ocean to their birthplaces in King County streams and rivers that feed into Puget Sound. Kokanee, landlocked sockeye salmon that spend their entire lives in the Lake Sammamish watershed,

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How Our Restoration Work Is Helping Salmon

October 8, 2020

Autumn has fallen on our Greenway landscape, and that means that iconic seasonal changes are upon us. Leaves are turning, rains are restarting, and salmon are once again returning to freshwater systems. Yep, that’s right, watching salmon run up our creeks and streams is an iconic part of seasonal shift in the region. Similar to the festive

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Camp Brown Day Use Area Opens in the Middle Fork Valley

October 5, 2020

Camp Brown Day Use Area is now officially open to the public, offering a family-friendly and accessible place to experience the scenic Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley. Located approximately eleven miles down the Middle Fork Road, this gently meandering half-mile loop trail, built following Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, provides scenic views of the congressionally-designated

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Leafline: Living Connections for Communities

September 30, 2020

A long-held aspiration throughout the Mountains to Sound Greenway is to link urban, rural, and wildland trail systems for recreation and transportation. While residents of our region enjoy a world-class system of safe, enjoyable, non-motorized trails, some significant gaps in the system mean that not every community has access to trails near homes, schools or

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Celebrating Our Public Lands 2020 Style

September 29, 2020

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been a year of many challenges, requiring us to adapt and think creatively about almost everything we do. National Public Lands Day was no exception! Typically, we would gather with partners and tons of volunteers in person to complete a variety of projects on our public

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Pitch In To Keep Trash Off Our Trails

September 14, 2020

The summer of 2020 has set records for recreational usage across the entire state of Washington. While it’s great to see so many people connecting with nature, we are all witnessing the unfortunate impacts that come with overuse, such as an overabundance of trash. We, together with our partners, have been working hard over the

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Q&A: Addie Candib, Former AmeriCorps Member

August 4, 2020

This is a personal profile of Addie Candib, a former AmeriCorps member with the Greenway Stewardship Program. Addie is now the Pacific Northwest Regional Director for the American Farmland Trust. We recently sat down with her to learn how her Greenway experience shaped her career and life. Addie, you were in one of the

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