by Joy Stewart | Apr 19, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism, News
Hello SHADOW Volunteers, Starting this month, SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve will be appearing at local festivals and farmers’ markets. We need volunteers to go to these events and spread the word about SHADOW- our location, features, and why you love nature. ...
by Joy Stewart | Mar 21, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism, Watersheds, Wetlands
The Useless Tree Lao Tzu was traveling with his disciples and they came to a forest where hundreds of woodcutters were cutting the trees. The whole forest had been cut except for one big tree with thousands of branches. It was so big that 10,000 persons could sit in...
by Joy Stewart | Mar 7, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism, Watersheds
Did you know that SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve also protects the headwaters of Jenkin’s Creek? This creek, that starts in the Upland Forests of the Nature Preserve, is a tributary of salmon-bearing Soos Creek which flows into the Green River. Although we are...
by Joy Stewart | Feb 9, 2018 | Local environmentalism, Native animals
SHADOW and the Woodland Park Zoo are excited to invite you to participate in the 2018 Amphibian Monitoring season! Amphibian Monitoring participants will join teams to monitor two ponds at SHADOW. Teams will upload findings of amphibian egg masses, juveniles and...
by Joy Stewart | Feb 9, 2018 | Local environmentalism
“As a self-identified environmentalist, I’m always on this rollercoaster of emotions around climate impacts, and especially over last summer and fall. It usually feels like nothing I could do is ever enough. Luckily, such moments of despair and resignation...
by Joy Stewart | Feb 9, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism
From the first arrival of humans in Western Washington to modern times, Pacific North-westerners have relied on forest production. Along with this dependence, has grown a cultural attachment to the beautiful forests that make up our landscape. This love for the...
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