Education about the natural world brings people together

February 4, 2013
A quick drive over snowy Snoqualmie Pass, fueled by coffee and talk of hiking, adventuring, and fun jobs, landed Greenway representatives in Ellensburg. Teacher Ali Parizer, Intern Noah Pylvainen and Education Program Manager Sally Kentch staffed a Greenway booth at the e3 Winter Fair, organized by Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN) to celebrate the...

December 18, 2012
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And what a wonderful year in the Mountains to Sound Greenway… new public land acquisitions, improved recreation access, critical wildlife habitat preservation, ecological restoration, and so much more. Here are 25 Reasons to Celebrate the Greenway in 2012: 1. More lands added to Raging River State...

December 15, 2012
In late October, Valhalla Elementary students traveled to Tiger Mountain for a field study trip with educators from the Greenway Trust. The focus of our study was “What makes a healthy forest/stream environment for salmon?” Students measured water quality, mapped the riparian zone, counted macro invertebrates and had an opportunity to explore the forest....

December 12, 2012
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On a dark Thanksgiving morning, my cousins and I, each of us a non-native Pacific Northwesterner, drove the 45 minutes to Mt. Si, ready to climb the mountain I had hiked as a child with my family while visiting Washington State. As we pulled up to the trailhead parking lot at Mt. Si, I...

November 20, 2012
When I was 10 years old, my family got our first taste of hiking. It was at the beginning of our “let’s-go-out-west-and-indulge-our-travel-bug” phase where my family of 10 took extensive trips to explore the west 3 summers in a row. We drove out to Seattle from Detroit in 1999 taking our first big van...

October 24, 2012
Re-posted with permission from the American Red Cross
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Calling all volunteers! The Kittitas County Chapter of the American Red Cross is hosting a tree planting event in Cle Elum this Saturday, October 27th, as part of “National Make a Difference Day“. The event, entitled “Operation LORAX“, will give volunteers the opportunity to plant trees in efforts to restore areas of the county damaged by...

September 19, 2012
Re-posted with permission from WA DNR.
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner’s Volunteer Hero Award was established to salute DNR’s volunteers who have dedicated their time, enthusiasm, and efforts to support several of DNR’s programs. This award not only recognizes an outstanding volunteer who has shown tireless commitment, it also celebrates all of DNR’s valuable volunteers. This is your...

August 17, 2012
As most of you may now know, there is a wildfire devastating parts of Kittitas County, near the Cle Elum area. Even though the Greenway Trust’s main office is located in downtown Seattle, our hearts are in Kittitas County as our friends on the eastern side of the Mountains to Sound Greenway struggle to...

July 25, 2012
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Biking through the Snoqualmie Tunnel with 140 other outdoor enthusiasts should be on everyone’s bucket list. I guarantee that this icy (34 degrees!), historic, pitch-black (headlights not optional), multi-use trail tunnel (watch out for hikers and horses) will be the coolest 2.3 miles you have ever biked. After dodging a few people who had...

July 10, 2012
Re-printed with permission from WA DNR.
Greenway Trust Priority Area:
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released a survey today to gather input on how the public would like to see recreation managed on 53,000 acres of DNR-managed state trust lands and conservation areas in the Snoqualmie Corridor (map). Your voice counts. This survey comes in the middle of a recreation planning process that began earlier...