Conservation Archives - Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust

Q&A: Sayward Glise, Former Greenway AmeriCorps Member

February 5, 2021

This is a profile of Sayward Glise, a former AmeriCorps member who served with the Greenway in 2010. Sayward is currently a Noxious Weed Control Specialist with the King County Noxious Weeds Program. Matt Butrim, former Greenway AmeriCorps member talked to her while she was out in the field, leading her crew as they looked

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Restoration and Trail Work Across the Greenway in 2020

December 22, 2020

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 Trail

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Q&A: Julia Munger, Former AmeriCorps Member

December 15, 2020

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 getting

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Clean Water Ambassador Certificate Program Goes Virtual in 2020

November 2, 2020

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 cohort

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Salmon Viewing in the Greenway

October 13, 2020

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 watershed,

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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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Love Your Public Lands? Lend a Hand!

July 29, 2020

This spring was a hard time for recreationists. As trees began to bud and flowers blossomed, many people were at a loss without their usual springtime hiking, camping, biking, and boating adventures. Most of us watched patiently from our porches, driveways, and apartment windows as the landscape changed into the beautiful PNW spring that we

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U.S. Congress passes the Great American Outdoors Act

July 22, 2020

Extraordinary good news is especially welcome right now. The U.S. Congress made a historic investment in America’s public lands – an investment that will leave a positive legacy on American conservation for generations to come. Lawmakers came together across the political aisle to pass the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill that will permanently fund

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