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March 26, 2015
Guest blog by Meagan Lott, Washington State Department of Transportation, and Jen Watkins, Conservation Northwest
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Moving through the Cascade Mountains is about to get a lot easier for both wildlife and motorists, thanks to work on I-90 east of Snoqualmie Pass. The I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East project will also pilot one of the very first wildlife bridges in the Greenway.

June 12, 2014
The Greenway is a special place. Employers want to locate their companies here. Residents can go for a mountain hike or city bike ride after work. Tourists arrive from across the globe. This beautiful place we all enjoy should be officially recognized as the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area. “As the world’s...

February 12, 2014
Greenway Trust Priority Area:
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Cole Creek Section and Martin Parcel In late December, Forterra acquired and transferred a full section of land (640 acres, one square mile) near Easton into public ownership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The land is known as the Cole Creek Section and was previously owned by Plum Creek Timber Company. Around...

January 15, 2014
This week the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing testimony in a case (Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust et al., v. United States) that could have national consequences on rails-to-trails projects. The case is about whether the U.S. Government has a right to the land they granted to the railroads in the late 1880’s. SCOTUSBLOG has...

July 6, 2012
Everyone knows The Mountains to Sound Greenway has some of the best hiking trails in this area. A rainy day hike to Granite Lakes a couple of weekends ago was no exception. With abundant hiking in the nearby Alpine Lakes Wilderness (the closest wilderness area to any major metropolitan area in the country!), it...

October 27, 2007
Greenway Trust Priority Area:
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It might have been a private office park with dramatic views for the tenants.  Instead, Snoqualmie Point Park will be dedicated to the public on Saturday, October 27, 2007 in Snoqualmie, Washington and will be a major visitor attraction in the 100-mile Mountains to Sound Greenway along Interstate 90.  The park gives visitors a...

June 2, 2007
Grand opening of a trail across Rattlesnake Mountain
Greenway Trust Priority Area:
Rattlesnake Mountain Conservation  Rattlesnake Mountain is the long, forested  ridge that parallels I-90 just south of Snoqualmie and North Bend.  It runs 7 miles from State Route 18 to Rattlesnake Lake and the Cedar River Watershed. In 1991, when the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust set about conserving the farm and forest lands along...