Friends of Carkeek Park – You’re Invited! This call for help is from the Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project (CWCAP), a group of volunteers started in 1979 to return salmon to Carkeek Park and improve the water quality in Piper’s Creek. We are part of the WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Volunteer Cooperative Program…
Category Archives: Environment
Solarize Seattle Information Meetings
Solarize Seattle, a group in Northwest Seattle, is holding information meetings about its program. The first will be at the Bitter Lake Community Center on March 16 from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. Here is a link to the event information. http://solarizewa.org/workshops More information about Solarize is available at http://solarizewa.org/
Piper’s Orchard Wassail Party January 12
The Friends of Piper’s Orchard is holding an apple wassailing party at the orchard next Saturday, from Noon to 1:30 PM. The Sound and Fury Morris dancers, who made music and danced at the orchard 3 years ago, will be back and help bless the orchard to ensure a fruitful harvest this summer. They have created a…
Open House about Venema Natural Drainage Project January 9th
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is holding an open house about the Venema Natural Drainage Project on Wednesday January 9. You can find out about the Venema Natural Drainage Project – building swales along three streets to prevent flooding, protect Piper’s Creek, and reduce sewer backups in the Broadview neighborhood. A project open house will be held Wednesday,…
Hearing on Coal Export Trains Highlights Differences
Local news outlets have reported on the hearing at the Washington State Convention Center on Dec. 13. Opposition has been building to the environmental and health and traffic congestion impacts. Proponents have been presenting their case also. Mayor McGinn has commissiond a report on the impacts Here is a link to a story about the…
The Salmon Are Back at Carkeek Park, Celebrate Them Nov. 23 11 AM – 1 PM
Carkeek Park’s chum salmon have returned to Pipers Creek. Those chum are a gift to the people of Seattle from the Suquamish Tribe for the Piper’s Creek salmon stock supplementation program. The chum and a few coho return each year to the natural beauty of Carkeek Park. From Saturday, November 10 to Sunday, December 9,…
Waste Management is Again Sponsoring a Reuse and Recycle Challenge
Waste Management again this year is offering a contest among neighborhoods to see who can reduce and recycle the most. Last year our part of town came in second. Here is information from Waste Management: Similar to last year’s competition, we are challenging 10 Waste Management neighborhoods to increase recycling and decrease what they send…
Coal trains information for Broadview
You have probably seen stories about the proposed coal export terminal at Cherry Point, near Anacortes. You may not be aware that if this terminal is built it could have a direct impact on our neighborhood. This proposal would route trains to Cherry Point via the tracks that run through Carkeek Park. The amount of…
Free Trees Available from Seattle’s Trees for Neighborhoods Program
The Seattle ReLeaf program is again offering free trees for yards and streets. The Trees for Neighborhoods program helps Seattle residents plant trees around their homes. Participants in the program receive: Free trees (up to 4 per household) Watering bags Training on proper planting and care Coupon for free GroCo compost Ongoing care reminders and…
Carkeek Summer Day Camp is Taking Reservations
The annual series of day camps at Carkeek Park, called “Earthkeepers Nature Camp,” is now taking reservations. Below is the flyer about the day camp. Click on the flyer for a larger view. The link in the poster doesn’t work so if you want to go to the registration handbook here is the link: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/environment/carkeek/earthkeepers.pdf…
