News

August 31, 2016
By Becca Kedenburg, Education Program Manager
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This summer, the Greenway Trust teamed up with the Pacific Science Center to bring science to life with our new “Searching for Sasquatch” summer camp. We used the search for mystical creatures like Sasquatch to spark students' curiosity about the world around them.

August 24, 2016
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Farms are one of our region’s best classrooms. Two local Snoqualmie Valley schools are piloting a new on-the-ground educational program called ‘Farming the Future,’ where students spend one Friday a month at a local farm, engaged in hands-on science learning that incorporates local ecology and sustainable agriculture.

June 30, 2016
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In honor of local conservation hero and activist Harvey Manning, King County Parks just renamed the Anti-Aircraft Peak Trailhead on Cougar Mountain. The newly named Harvey Manning Trailhead commemorates Manning’s lifelong work to save the Issaquah Alps as a “wilderness on the metro,” and a place for people to escape to the woods nearby....

June 15, 2016
Today, the U.S. Senate held a committee hearing on a bill to designate the Mountains to Sound Greenway as a National Heritage Area. This legislation would strengthen our region’s high quality of life and celebrate its heritage of spectacular forests, rivers, and mountains on the doorsteps of cities.

June 9, 2016
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A new pilot is being introduced at Rattlesnake Lake to address the parking shortage: transit access. Now residents and visitors alike can relax by the lake, hike to the ledges, and visit the Cedar River Watershed Ed Center without having to worry about parking.

May 19, 2016
By Carrie McCausland, Deputy Communications Director for Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
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If the hills of the Teanaway Community Forest could talk they would tell tales of bubbling lava, ancient jungles roamed by coyote-sized horses, and a shoreline sculpted by great blocks of ice.

April 19, 2016
By Jennifer McKeown, Greenway Trust Snoqualmie Program Manager
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Snoqualmie Valley’s Tollgate Farm has a long history as an important community hub. Local residents are working to restore one of its most iconic sections—the Tollgate Farmhouse—and envision a park with both recreation amenities and a hub for sustainable agriculture.

April 14, 2016
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The public lands on Squak Mountain are growing! Recently, the Trust for Public Land and King County purchased 226 acres on Squak Mountain along SR 900 just south of Issaquah. The land was formerly the site of a historic car camp from the 1930s, and had been slated for logging and a housing development....

March 22, 2016
By Jennifer McKeown, Greenway Trust's Snoqualmie Valley Manager
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Neighbors from across the Snoqualmie River Valley came together for this eight-part workshop series, in which differences were set aside, sleeves were rolled up, and a vision for a bright future was crafted.

March 18, 2016
By Becca Kedenburg, Greenway Trust Education Program Manager
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A local Greenway school uses nature to cultivate happier, healthier students. After just seven months, the results are already incredible.