Keeping knotweed at bay along Issaquah Creek

May 8, 2013
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Invasive weeds do not know where a public park ends and a private lot begins. On both public and private lands, the banks of Issaquah Creek have been changing due to a highly invasive species known as knotweed (Polygonum sp). Knotweed spreads vegetatively from rhizomes, by seed disperal, and from plant fragments, rapidly distributing...

April 30, 2013
Thanks to legislation introduced by U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert, we are one step closer to an official Mountains to Sound Greenway. The area from Seattle, over the Cascades, to central Washington surrounding Interstate 90 is a special part of our region, indeed our country. It’s a treasured landscape of mountains, forests, rivers and streams,...

April 26, 2013
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Kokanee salmon are swimming again in Lake Sammamish. Today, 4th grade students from Blackwell Elementary School released thousands of kokanee fry into Ebright Creek, which flows into the eastern shore of Lake Sammamish. This creek is the site of a major restoration project by landowner Wally Pereyra, who removed a culvert and planted the...

April 10, 2013
By a vote of 87 to 11, the U.S. Senate approved Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) chief executive Sally Jewell on Wednesday as the next Secretary of the Interior. Obama’s nomination of Sally to this Cabinet post made national news and sent waves of enthusiasm through the conservation and recreation community. President Obama tapped Sally Jewell...

April 8, 2013
Greenway Trust Priority Area:
Raging River Lands Conserved In March, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approved the purchase of 460 acres in the Raging River State Forest, which was created in 2009 by Commissioner of Public Lands and Greenway Trust board member Peter Goldmark. “This is an opportunity to protect salmon habitat and clean water in the...

March 28, 2013
Just south of the Greenway… King County and Hancock Timber Resource Group have reached a preliminary agreement for the county to purchase a conservation easement that would permanently protect 43,000 acres of the White River Forest near Enumclaw.   The terms of the conservation easement would allow current and future owners the right to...

March 26, 2013
As reporter Lynda Mapes described in the Seattle Times this week, popular state parks throughout Washington are in a grim state of disrepair. The Mountains to Sound Greenway is home to seven beloved state parks. Squak Mountain State Park features quiet, forested trails for hikers and equestrians just south of Issaquah. But budget cuts leave trails that...

March 6, 2013
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Issaquah Mayor Ava Frisinger awarded Margaret Macleod, City of Issaquah Interagency Coordinator, with the Ruth Kees Environmental Award for a Sustainable Community at a tree planting ceremony at Squak Valley Park. Margaret has worked for 20 years to secure millions of dollars in grant funding for land conservation and recreation enhancement projects in the...

February 21, 2013
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Have you ever gotten to a trailhead and weren’t sure if you should put a Discover Pass, NW Forest Pass, or Sno-Park Pass on your dashboard?  Here’s your guide to recreation passes! DISCOVER PASS Where Washington State-owned land For example: Lake Sammamish State Park, Lake Easton State Park, Tiger Mountain and Mt Si (owned by...