Katie Egresi

February 1, 2021
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Putting in the work necessary to re-open this trail connection between downtown Issaquah and Squak Mountain. Connecting people to nature is what the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust is all about, and trails that connect communities to natural open space are vitally important to Greenway communities. The Squak Mountain Access Trail, which connects downtown Issaquah...

January 11, 2021
Katie Egresi, Communications Coordinator
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As winter unfolds across the 1.5 million-acre expanse of the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area, a fascinating array of weather patterns emerges. Stretching from Seattle to Ellensburg, this region showcases varying winter conditions, primarily influenced by changes in elevation. When the snow starts to fly, it doesn’t mean you have to hole...

December 22, 2020
Greenway Staff
This year the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust made some necessary and drastic adjustments to how we operated. Our office staff switched to working remotely (and still are!), but it was important for our Trail and Restoration Crews to continue to work on the ground. So, we problem solved. We created protocols for the...

December 15, 2020
Janessa Hollmaier, Former Greenway AmeriCorps Member
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What’s the benefit of serving with AmeriCorps? For Julia Munger, botanist for Seattle Public Utilities at the Cedar River Municipal Watershed, AmeriCorps provided the experience needed to start her career and find opportunities that fit her passions. While completing two service terms with the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, Julia found that she enjoyed...

November 24, 2020
Greenway Staff
2020 has brought many challenges, but the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and our partners have continued to carry out important work for the benefit of this incredible landscape and all those who engage with it. Perhaps more than ever, we are thankful for this opportunity to come together and celebrate some of the...

November 11, 2020
Mike Stenger, Recreation Projects Manager
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If you have ever explored the three summits of Tiger Mountain State Forest, you know that East Tiger Summit provides a fantastic view of Mount Rainier.  But getting to that majestic vista has always required climbing a steep, unappealing dirt road. That is all changed now. When the Washington State Department of Natural Resources...

November 2, 2020
Becca Kedenburg, Education Program Manager
Since 2016, the Greenway Trust has partnered with the King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) on Clean Water Ambassadors — a paid summer internship program for high-school students to conduct water-quality investigations while learning about local environmental issues, solutions, and careers. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, we were unable to hire a new...

October 21, 2020
Nicky Pasi & Joe Olbrych, Greenway Staff
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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...

October 16, 2020
Eliza Foster, Communications Coordinator
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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...

October 13, 2020
Katie Egresi, Communications Coordinator
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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...