Katie Egresi

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...

October 8, 2020
Katy Yeh, Restoration & Volunteer Coordinator
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Salmon embark on incredible journeys, navigating treacherous waters and surmounting immense obstacles to return to their birthplaces and reproduce. For millennia, salmon have shaped their landscapes, nourishing countless species, including the orca. Unfortunately, modern challenges such as overfishing, habitat degradation, pollution, and the construction of dams have taken a toll on salmon populations, setting...

October 5, 2020
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Camp Brown Day Use Area offers a family-friendly and accessible place to experience the scenic Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley. Located approximately 11 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 Wild and Scenic Middle Fork...

October 5, 2020
Eliza Foster, Communications Coordinator
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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...

September 30, 2020
Amy Brockhaus, Deputy Director
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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...

September 29, 2020
Katie Egresi, Communications Coordinator
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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...

September 14, 2020
Katie Egresi, Communications Coordinator
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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...