Just south of the Greenway… King County and Hancock Timber Resource Group have reached a preliminary agreement for the county to purchase a conservation easement that would permanently protect 43,000 acres of the White River Forest near Enumclaw. The terms of the conservation easement would allow current and future owners the right to...
Stephanie Huck
As reporter Lynda Mapes described in the Seattle Times this week, popular state parks throughout Washington are in a grim state of disrepair. The Mountains to Sound Greenway is home to seven beloved state parks. Squak Mountain State Park features quiet, forested trails for hikers and equestrians just south of Issaquah. But budget cuts leave trails that...
President Obama nominated Sally Jewell for the post of Secretary of the Interior. Jewell is a past president and a founding board member of the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and the President and CEO of REI. “Sally Jewell is a respected leader and passionate advocate for conservation, recreation and outdoor education,” says Cynthia...
A quick drive over snowy Snoqualmie Pass, fueled by coffee and talk of hiking, adventuring, and fun jobs, landed Greenway representatives in Ellensburg. Teacher Ali Parizer, Intern Noah Pylvainen and Education Program Manager Sally Kentch staffed a Greenway booth at the e3 Winter Fair, organized by Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN) to celebrate the...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And what a wonderful year in the Mountains to Sound Greenway… new public land acquisitions, improved recreation access, critical wildlife habitat preservation, ecological restoration, and so much more. Here are 25 Reasons to Celebrate the Greenway in 2012: 1. More lands added to Raging River State...
In late October, Valhalla Elementary students traveled to Tiger Mountain for a field study trip with educators from the Greenway Trust. The focus of our study was “What makes a healthy forest/stream environment for salmon?” Students measured water quality, mapped the riparian zone, counted macro invertebrates and had an opportunity to explore the forest....
