SHADOW is Hiring

Are you passionate about Preserving green spaces, Restoring wildlife habitat, and providing inclusive environmental education? Do you want to work in a beautiful, woodland office, just outside of Renton?   Development Manager SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve is...

Goodbye Ali!

SHADOW’s Restoration & Education Manager, Ali Yeates, has accepted a new position and is moving on from the Nature Preserve. She will be working on Forterra’s Green City partnerships in South King County. We are sad to see her go but excited to see her...

Katie’s SHADOW Story

It has been 1 year since I first visited SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve. My husband and I had recently moved to Renton and I was looking for a way to get involved in the community. The Volunteer Match website let me select my interests and found a few opportunities very...

Natural Heritage Registry

At the end of October, the Natural Heritage Advisory Council voted to include the Shadow Lake bog in the Washington Register of Natural Areas, in recognition of the high conservation value of the bog and Shadow Lake Nature Preserve’s efforts to protect the site!...

New Rules of Access

At SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve we are mission driven to provide critical habitat for wildlife and access to green spaces. We strive to be continuously mindful of how best to achieve these two, occasionally contradictory, ends.   In the coming weeks you may notice...