News

December 22, 2020
Greenway Staff
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...

December 15, 2020
Janessa Hollmaier, Former Greenway AmeriCorps Member
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What’s the benefit of serving with AmeriCorps? For Julia Munger, botanist for Seattle Public Utilities at the Cedar River Municipal Watershed, AmeriCorps provided the experience needed to start her career and find opportunities that fit her passions. While completing two service terms with the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, Julia found that she enjoyed...

November 24, 2020
Greenway Staff
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...

November 11, 2020
Mike Stenger, Recreation Projects Manager
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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...

November 2, 2020
Becca Kedenburg, Education Program Manager
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...

October 21, 2020
Nicky Pasi & Joe Olbrych, Greenway Staff
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During the last days of September, the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust hosted a week-long volunteer event and traditional skills workshop at the Salmon la Sac picnic shelter, which was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1936. The goal of the volunteer event was to construct an informational kiosk using traditional log...

October 19, 2020
Greenway Staff
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,...

October 16, 2020
Eliza Foster, Communications Coordinator
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Autumn is officially in the air which means chillier days and in some parts of the Greenway, it’s time do some leaf peeping! Whether you’re heading out on a trail or driving along I-90, we’ve rounded up some of Mother Nature’s best backdrops to take in some fall foliage. Middle Fork Road Drive along...

October 8, 2020
Katy Yeh, Restoration & Volunteer Coordinator
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Salmon embark on incredible journeys, navigating treacherous waters and surmounting immense obstacles to return to their birthplaces and reproduce. For millennia, salmon have shaped their landscapes, nourishing countless species, including the orca. Unfortunately, modern challenges such as overfishing, habitat degradation, pollution, and the construction of dams have taken a toll on salmon populations, setting...

October 5, 2020
Eliza Foster, Communications Coordinator
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Camp Brown Day Use Area is now officially open to the public, offering a family-friendly and accessible place to experience the scenic Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley. Located approximately eleven miles down the Middle Fork Road, this gently meandering half-mile loop trail, built following Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, provides scenic views of the...