Katie Egresi

February 3, 2026
Post by Mike Stenger, Recreation Projects Manager
Greenway Trust Priority Area:
Otter Falls is a dramatic 700’ granite slab graced with a plunging cascade into a small pond known as Lipsy Lake. This spot deep within the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley is popular with both day hikers and slab rock climbers who travel four miles up the Snoqualmie Lake Trail to reach the falls, but...

January 28, 2026
Nicky Pasi, Kittitas Programs Senior Manager
Greenway Trust Priority Area:
The Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area extends from Seattle to Ellensburg, including both King and Kittitas Counties. Residents of both areas frequently cross Snoqualmie Pass to work, play, and visit the other end of this landscape. Kittitas County receives more than 10 million “participant days” (24 hour periods) every year according to...

November 6, 2025
Post by Amy Brockhaus, Deputy Director
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It’s hard to believe, but 2025 is already winding down and the new year will be here before we know it! With each year’s end, we like to pause and reflect on some of the accomplishments that have taken place across the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area over the past 12 months....

August 21, 2025
Post by Vince Pruis, Teanaway Engagement Coordinator
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While Charley stages the five other llamas for our Lead-a-Llama event, Mary delicately steps back up into the trailer at Indian Camp and starts munching. She’s much more interested in her hay than in the introduction our participants are getting to the Teanaway Community Forest (TCF)—the largest community forest in the state – within...

June 17, 2025
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The FY26 federal budget proposals include deep funding cuts and other actions that could severely impact the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area and public lands nationwide. If enacted, these various proposals would roll back decades of conservation progress, eliminate essential funding, sell off millions of acres of public lands, and jeopardize public access...

June 16, 2025
Post by Shen Ramirez, Communications Coordinator
Greenway Trust Priority Area:
After nearly a decade of planning, The Mountains Sound Greenway Trust has launched its biggest restoration project yet in Lake Sammamish State Park to enhance critical salmon habitat in Issaquah Creek. With hundreds of pieces of large wood poised for placement, in-stream restoration work has begun and will continue through mid-August, while salmon are...

June 12, 2025
Posy by Katie Egresi, Communications Manager
Greenway Trust Priority Area:
On June 7, the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley came alive with purpose as more than 100 people gathered to celebrate National Trails Day the best way we know how—by giving back to the trails that give us so much. This year’s event marked a major milestone for our volunteer program with the largest trail...

April 7, 2025
Post By: Caroline Villanova, NHA Manager
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The Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area spans regional watersheds across the I-90 corridor from Seattle to Ellensburg. One of these regions, the Snoqualmie River Valley, is home to some of our organization’s longest standing collaborations. Over the past 35 years, we’ve worked with partners to ensure the Valley remains a place where...