Conservation Archives - Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust

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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A Story of Collaboration: Looking Back on the Granite Creek Road-to-Trail Project

July 21, 2020

Northeast of the ever-popular Mailbox Peak Trail in the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley you’ll find the lesser-known, but equally special, Granite Creek Trail. Passing through a lush forest of second-growth hemlock, alder, Douglas fir, and cedar, you’ll enjoy the sites and sounds of the roaring Granite Creek. Marvel at just how green everything is around

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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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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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