News

February 7, 2012
I had been volunteering off and on with the Greenway for a year when I met a volunteer named Amy Spens. She really inspired me to get more involved with the Greenway. At the time, I was a sophomore in high school and she was a senior. She had just completed an internship with...

January 23, 2012
Have you heard of the Homeschool Stewardship Squad? They are a group of homeschoolin’ moms and kids who get together to focus on stewardship through volunteering. I had a lot of fun working with them earlier this month. This is a new partnership between the Homeschool Stewardship Squad, the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust,...

January 12, 2012
Just this past week, the Greenway education staff was joined by a few Greenway board members for a tour of the Brightwater Treatment Plant. We came away impressed by our region’s efforts to preserve clean water and efforts to educate the public. Although not technically located in the Mountains to Sound Greenway (we made the...

December 9, 2011
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What a year to look back upon- the 20th Anniversary of the Greenway! Looking back at all the great work that was done in 2011 by partners, volunteers, agencies, and dedicated behind-the-scenes individuals, we take pride in what we have accomplished together. Take a look and see for yourself! We are honored to share such...

December 2, 2011
Joan Thomas 1931-2011 Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust Board Member Joan Thomas passed away on November 28, 2011. Thomas was a steadfast and hard-working champion of the environment, and she will be sorely missed. In addition to her work with the Greenway Trust, Thomas was a former State Parks Commissioner, a founding member of...

November 21, 2011
On November 3rd, my husband Mark and I traveled to Atlanta to accept the 2011 Cornelius Pugsley Award for my Dad and Greenway Founding President, Jim Ellis. The Pugsley award is a national award given to three people each year by The National Park Foundation and The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration. What an inspirational...

October 17, 2011
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‘Tis the season as they say but in the Greenway’s case, ‘tis the season to plant trees! And plant trees we did at our annual Tree Planting Kick-Off Event this past weekend. Sponsored in part by Carter Subaru, KMTT- 103.7 The Mountain and REI, it was a spectacular celebration. Ok, ok, we acknowledge the weather was not so...

September 15, 2011
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Every fall the spring Chinook salmon return to the Cle Elum River. And every fall the Yakima Basin Environmental Education Program (YBEEP) brings students to see, touch and study the fish. For 20 years, YBEEP has brought K-12 students from Central Washington schools out for field trips to learn about salmon, wildlife habitat and...

August 11, 2011
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The south end of Lake Washington boasts an exciting new regional trail connection. A newly completed section of the Logan Avenue Trail nearly completes the connection between Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park and the Cedar River Trail.  This multi-purpose trail follows the west side of Logan Avenue North from N. 6th St., a block from The...

July 29, 2011
Just when we thought the list of prizes couldn’t get any better, Glazer’s Camera has signed on as a prize sponsor of the first ever Greenway Photo Contest! It’s been cool to see local businesses get behind the first ever Greenway Photo Contest and Traveling Exhibition. As well as being about protecting this region’s...