by Joy Stewart | May 24, 2018 | Native animals
Did you know that this invasive amphibian was brought to Western Washington to be your dinner?!? That’s right, the American Bullfrog, Lithobates (Rana) Catesbeiana, is native to Eastern North America and was brought west as a cheap food source. The largest North...
by Joy Stewart | May 24, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism
Shadow Lake is dealing with invasive pressure as well! Neighbors living around the lake, the King county Noxious Weed Control Program and the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Aquatic Weeds Management Fund have teamed up to fight back. Eurasian...
by Joy Stewart | May 24, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW
From June 23rd- September 18th, SHADOW’s Richter Education Center will house a Summer Art Exhibition. Works by local artists showcasing the beauty of nature are hung for, for sale, throughout the summer. 50% of the proceeds from this art sale go directly to the...
by Joy Stewart | Apr 19, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism, Native plants
On an unseasonably warm and sunny day in March, SHADOW’s staff met two members of the Department of Natural Resources’ Washington Natural Heritage Program (DNR’s WNHP) for a different type of bog tour. Joe Rocchio (right) and Tynan Ramm-Granberg...
by Joy Stewart | Apr 19, 2018 | Native plants
Skunk Cabbage, Lysichiton americanus There is a variety of life emerging in the Nature Preserve in spring: oso berry, nettles, bleeding heart, and even some horsetail. There is one plant that is stealing the show this month: Skunk Cabbage. The smell is the first...
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