by Joy Stewart | Jul 3, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism
Four-on-Six entertained us with melodic jazz classics. Thank you to everyone who made SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve’s 2018 Celebrate Local Summer Fundraiser such a success. Together we raised $9,730! These funds go directly to...
by Joy Stewart | May 24, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism, Native animals
SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve currently protects over 100 acres of Puget Lowland Bog, Wetlands, and Upland forests as well as the headwaters of Jenkin’s Creek. As a Land Trust and a Nature Preserve, we are mission-driven to protect biodiversity and wildlife...
by Joy Stewart | May 24, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism, Wetlands
We are happy to announce that Shadow Lake Bog will be included in a study that is a partnership of the EPA, Washington Natural Heritage Program (NHP), and Colorado State University. Ecologists will study Shadow Lake Bog as well as 11 other bogs to determine what...
by Joy Stewart | May 24, 2018 | Native plants
Photo curtesy of King County Noxious Weeds Known by many as Stinky Bob or Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum, is as invasive a weed as they come. This little plant has an incredible super power that helps it dominate wherever its seeds end up. Stinky Bob is a wild...
by Joy Stewart | May 24, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism, Native animals, Native plants, News, Watersheds, Wetlands
As part of the SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve community, you get to tell us what makes the Nature Preserve important to you. This brief survey asks you to rank the importance of the various land uses occurring here at the Nature Preserve. It also provides a quick...
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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