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...
by Joy Stewart | Jan 19, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Local environmentalism
At the end of last year SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve asked our community to pledge to conserving green spaces in 2018 and you did! Thank you to everyone who participated in the Nature Preserves Conservation Pledge! Together we raised over $2,000! 100% of your gifts...
by Joy Stewart | Jan 19, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW
SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve is happy to welcome Ali Yeates to our team in the position of Restoration & Education Manager. Ali hails from Louisiana but has spent the past eight years calling the west home. She is a Candidate for Master’s in Environmental...
by Joy Stewart | Jan 19, 2018 | Native animals
Did you know there are living fossils at SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve? For more than 40,000 years Mountain Beavers, Aplodontia rufa, have lived in the Pacific Northwest and have outlived any related species. Mountain Beavers are certainly misnamed as they do not live...
by Joy Stewart | Jan 18, 2018 | Native plants
Student drawing from a Wilderness Adventure at SHADOW. On a wintery walk around the preserve, now that all the deciduous leaves have dropped, it’s almost impossible to miss the shiny, jewel-green leaves of Salal or Gaultheria shallon. Salal often grows as a...
by Joy Stewart | Dec 8, 2017 | Native plants
We are fortunate to live in an area abundant with evergreens. Winter especially highlights the western hemlock, as its broadleaved companions shed their leaves. When mentioning hemlock, most people think of the poisonous variety, but the western hemlock is not...
by Joy Stewart | Dec 8, 2017 | News
Act now to commit to conserving green spaces in 2018! This holiday season, SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve is calling on you to make the Conservation Pledge! Now is the time to show your appreciation- for family, for blessings, and for our amazing surroundings. You can do...
by Joy Stewart | Dec 8, 2017 | News
As PNW residents, we are no strangers to lack of sun. Especially with the approach of the winter solstice, which falls on Thursday, December 21st. The solstice marks the shortest daylight hours of the year. Though the shortest day of the year, the solstice...
by Joy Stewart | Dec 8, 2017 | Native animals
By: Guest Writer Katie Morris Similar to many of us in the Pacific Northwest, but unique to most amphibians, the red-legged frog prefers cool weather. The red-legged frog, or Rana aurora “dawn frog” in Latin, gets its name because of the distinctive...
by Joy Stewart | Nov 9, 2017 | Goings on at SHADOW
By: Guest Writer Katie Morris Our third annual Halloween at the Haunted Bog has come and gone with our best turnout yet! We had over 75 visitors coloring, creating spider hats, and learning about their local wetland. Spooky Halloween animals such as spiders, bats,...
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