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June 8, 2009
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National Trails Day 2009 marked the completion of two years of facility improvements at the popular Little Si Trail on June 6th. Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark (center) joined Bill Chapman, President of Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust (right) and Gwen Lewis of King County’s Road Services Division (left) for the ribbon cutting of the renovated trail...

May 31, 2009
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and partner organizations announced the public acquisition of 7,000 acres of forestland in the Raging River Valley. Surrounded by public lands, filling this “doughnut hole” is vital to the continuity of a forested corridor in eastern King County.  Bordered by Rattlesnake Mountain on the east, the Cedar River...

October 27, 2007
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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
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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...

September 2, 2006
On August 8, 2006, under sunny skies in the Snoqualmie Valley with a majestic view of Mt. Si, Seattle civic leader Jim Ellis celebrated his 85th birthday with 500 friends and colleagues. This dinner and celebration was a tribute to Jim’s many civic accomplishments, with proceeds from the event going towards the preservation, restoration,...