by Joy Stewart | Nov 9, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, News
Here is a special opportunity for you! An anonymous donor has offered to match your year-end gift to SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve! For every dollar you donate during the last two months of 2018, SHADOW will receive DOUBLE the funds. Don’t miss this...
by Joy Stewart | Nov 8, 2018 | Native animals
Peregrine falcons – Falco peregrinus Peregrine falcons are found all over the world. Adult peregrines are blue-gray above with barred underparts and a dark head with thick dark sideburns resembling a helmet. Juveniles are heavily marked, with vertical...
by Joy Stewart | Oct 24, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, News
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...
by Joy Stewart | Oct 24, 2018 | Local environmentalism, News
It’s hard to imagine that we could make any difference at all on something as immense as climate change, but there’s great news! Your 2018 Washington vote will change the course of history. Keep an eye out for Initiative 1631 this November. If passed, this...
by Joy Stewart | Oct 22, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW
Come celebrate the Halloween weekend at SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve! Here are some Spooky Bog Facts: 1. Archaeologists have discovered human remains in peat bogs across Europe. These bodies are mummified cadavers that have been tanned and preserved...
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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