Seattle Parks and Recreation has just annouonced that the new play area on the north side of the Bitter Lake Reservoir has been completed. This improvement is between the already existing plaza at the corner of Linden and N 143rd St. and the the new P-Patch. Below is the press release from Parks and Recreation….
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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,…
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The Friends of Piper’s Orchard in Carkeek Park invite the public to attend its 6th Annual Festival of Fruit. The event runs from 10 AM to 2 PM. Carkeek park is at 950 NW Carkeek Park Road, Seattle, WA 98177. Below is their announcement. We’re excited to be having another Festival of Fruit, celebrating one…
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In summer the low tides are during daylight, and the next two days are an opportunity to see creatures uncovered by the low tides. On Tuesday June 5 there will be a minus 3.8 tide at Noon, and on Wednesday June 6 the low there will be a minus 3.4 tide at 1 PM. It’s…
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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…
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On March 19 photographer Bill Pusztai took photos of two eagles on the beach at Carkeek Park. Bill described them as follows: “Carkeek Park beach, Monday March 19 2012, about 11 AM, with the tide at about halfway mark, on the pebble flats next to where the stream goes under the railway, I think what he…
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The annual day after Thanksgiving salmon festival at Carkeek Park was well attended by humans and salmon. (Click on pictures for larger view.) Each year in late winter salmon fry are released in Venema Creek, and three to five years later the adult salmon return to Piper’s Creek and Venema Creek. …
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The Seattle Parks Department leads a guided hike at Carkeek Park every Wednesday at 10:00 AM. As noted on the poster below the hike offers options on ease or difficulty of the hike. The hike starts from the Eddie McAbee entrance to the park, located on 100th Place NW, across from the Holman Road QFC.
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Food for Thought Served After Thanksgiving Feast Free activities, food, and special performance: “Stormwater: Life in the Gutter” Stop talking turkey and start talking salmon. The day after Thanksgiving will provide food for thought at Carkeek Park, 950 NW Carkeek Park Road, where the annual salmon run will be celebrated on Nov. 25, 11 a.m.-1…
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The Seattle PI is reporting: By LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Published 08:54 a.m., Thursday, October 13, 2011 Seattle police have arrested a man suspected of attacking a woman jogging in Carkeek Park. Sexual assault unit detectives arrested the 19-year-old late Wednesday in North Seattle, a police spokesman said in a statement. The teen was booked into King…
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