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13 Trails to Explore in the Mountains to Sound Greenway This Winter

January 11, 2021

With 1.5 million acres of land spanning from Seattle to Ellensburg, there’s plenty of outdoor fun to be had in the Mountains to Sound Greenway. When the snow starts to fly, it doesn’t mean you have to hole up indoors. There are many winter hiking trails that remain relatively snow-free, so bundle up and head

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Volunteer Year in Review – 2020, the Year That Was

December 29, 2020

Reflecting on the memories and the pivots of 2020, we'll still be ringing in the new year with a deep gratitude for our volunteers.

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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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2020 Parade of Accomplishments

November 24, 2020

2020 has brought many challenges, but the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and our partners have continued to carry out important work for the benefit of this incredible landscape and all those who engage with it. Perhaps more than ever, we are thankful for this opportunity to come together and celebrate some of the accomplishments

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Constructing the Powerlink Trail on Tiger Mountain

November 11, 2020

If you have ever explored the three summits of Tiger Mountain State Forest, you know that East Tiger Summit provides a fantastic view of Mount Rainier. But getting to that majestic vista has always required climbing a steep, unappealing dirt road. That is all changed now. When the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR)

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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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Welcome New Board Members 2020

October 19, 2020

Each year the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust welcomes new leaders onto our Board of Directors. The Greenway Board is made up of approximately 60 members who are elected to three-year terms at an annual meeting each June. The Greenway Trust is composed of this Board of Directors, along with the Board of Advisors, Technical

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How Our Restoration Work Is Helping Salmon

October 8, 2020

Autumn has fallen on our Greenway landscape, and that means that iconic seasonal changes are upon us. Leaves are turning, rains are restarting, and salmon are once again returning to freshwater systems. Yep, that’s right, watching salmon run up our creeks and streams is an iconic part of seasonal shift in the region. Similar to the festive

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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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