by Joy Stewart | Oct 15, 2018 | Native animals
Little Brown Bat – Myotis lucifugus Although often considered pests, bats are essential species of ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. The little brown bat Myotis lucifugus is the most commonly observed bat in Washington state. Next time you see a bat,...
by Joy Stewart | Oct 10, 2018 | Native plants
Scarlet Elderberry – Sambucus racemosa To identify a scarlet elderberry, try to find shrubs that have downy green leaves with strong, distinctive odor. They have half-ball mound of small white flowers in conical or pyramidal shaped clusters that appear in March...
by Joy Stewart | Sep 30, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW
Thank you! Thank you! The Frog Frolic was so much fun! We hope you enjoyed the fabulous music, games, prizes, and auction. Thank you to our volunteers, donors, and participants at the unfrogettable 22nd Annual Frog Frolic. We raised over $6,000 to continuing our...
by Joy Stewart | Sep 3, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW
Adam Spears donated over 100 hours of his summer vacation from Green River College to SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve in the form of a Restoration Internship. During these past few months, Adam was hard at work removing invasive species from SHADOW’s grounds. He...
by Joy Stewart | Sep 3, 2018 | News, Wetlands
Could a drainage ditch once again be a bog? Bogs and mires are viewed as places of mystery and peace in Estonian heritage. Estonia is home to some of the world’s oldest bogs and peatlands and they make up a fifth of this country’s mainland. About a...
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