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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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The Faces Behind Your Favorite Public Spaces

July 14, 2020

The past several months have certainly been challenging for many people in a lot of ways. And as we all navigate this “new normal” of the COVID-19 landscape, our trails, forests, and parks have been seeing record visitation. At the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, we believe that when we are connected with nature, our

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Campfire Safety Tips for the Summer Season

June 24, 2020

Summer is officially here. Days filled with inspiring sunrises and sunsets, beaches, hikes… it’s a much-anticipated, incredible time in the PNW. This year, recreating and camping are certainly different, but one quintessential summer activity remains: enjoying a campfire. Whether it’s in your backyard or on public lands, having a campfire is a fun experience if

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New Washington Outdoor Coalition Shares Six Important Tips for How to #RecreateResponsibly

May 21, 2020

We are proud to be part of the new Recreate Responsibly Coalition. You can read the joint press release below, and learn more here. During the global COVID-19 pandemic, spending time outside has become of even greater importance to Washingtonians because of the mental and physical benefits fresh air and nature provide. As Gov. Jay

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Nature Helps to Steward Us Too

May 20, 2020

Like many folks who call the Greenway home, green spaces like parks and forests have always been a source of happiness for me. Whether it was going to Mercer Island when I was young to play alongside Lake Washington at Luther Burbank Park (whose cool cement-and-metal playground served as the perfect pretend submarine) or hiking

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Back to the Wild – It’s a Whole New Outdoor Recreation World

May 11, 2020

Exploring the outdoors feeds our souls and helps keep us healthy, when done responsibly. Yet, as we begin to once again enjoy these benefits, we must keep the well-being of all of us in mind. For several weeks, Washington residents have put protecting their families and communities above enjoying our natural landscapes. As leaders in

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A Plea for a Respectful Return

May 5, 2020

While many of us are sheltering in place, we have been giving a much needed break to wildlife in the Greenway. Although we all miss and need nature in our life, nature probably hasn’t missed us — our noise, our carbon emissions, our trash, our too many footprints penetrating deeper into the forests and mountains,

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