by Jeb Polstein | Dec 12, 2017 | Find Your Forest, Program Updates
It’s that time of year. Temperatures are dropping and everyone is busy holiday shopping. Storefronts and front yards are decorated and dazzling for the holiday season; so we wanted to get in on the fun and to share some DIY holiday decorations with you that will...
by Jeb Polstein | Nov 22, 2017 | Program Updates
Amidst the clamor of the Ballard Locks – loudspeakers blaring, trains rumbling, bells ringing, visitors shouting, and sea lions barking as they scoop up migrating salmon – you may catch the sound of an avian squawk. Looking closer, into a canal-side grove of red...
by Ed Deal | Oct 17, 2017 | Find Your Forest, Guest Posts, Program Updates
“Five years ago I would never have believed there would be at least 44 nest-building pairs in Seattle.” ~Ed Deal As the Green Seattle Partnership continues to restore Seattle’s forests, it is important to keep an eye on the local fauna gracing our...
by Michael Yadrick | Sep 21, 2017 | Program Updates
There is life up in the tree canopy. Amanda Bidwell climbs bigleaf maples. Finishing her Master’s work at University of Washington last June, she just shared some dazzling and troubling results about hot-spots of heavy metal pollution in our epiphytic mosses....
by Michael Yadrick | Sep 7, 2017 | Program Updates
Wildlife is one thing some people hope to spot in their favorite park, or even in their backyard. Green Seattle Partnership caught up with Professor Mark Jordan to hear some insights about a multi-year carnivore study his Seattle University Wildlife Lab is carrying...
by Michael Yadrick | Jun 1, 2017 | Program Updates
The Green Seattle Partnership uses a four-phase approach to restoration. This means that at any given time a restoration project site within a Seattle park is considered to be in one of four possible restoration phases – from “covered in weeds” all...
