Five Streams Feeding the Watershed Report
Building a rain garden |
1. We are engaging students and combating water pollution by working with high schools to build demonstration rain gardens. We have installed our first two at Mercer Island and Interlake High Schools. Our next project is at Hazen High in Renton.
2. As we complete the pilot phase of the Report we are recruiting more high school students to get involved with the official Watershed Report this summer and fall.
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Habitat Restoration & Celebration
Volunteers braving steep slopes
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Our new Ivy Out! project in Lake Forest Park is a collaboration with the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation (LFPSF) to combat invasive species, improve native habitat and curb stormwater pollution. Join our Earth Day event and celebration at Grace Cole Nature Park on Saturday, April 24th to remove English Ivy and celebrate with the community. The restoration is from 10-2 with the community celebration from 2-4. Snacks and beverages provided.
NE 30th at NE 166th St, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155.
Contact nisa@cedarriver.org to register for this event
Click Here To Learn More About This Partnership |
Welcome Esther Gregory!
Esther in one of her hats. |
Esther recently joined the staff of FCRW as our Administrative Assistant. Esther studied Conservation and Environmental Biology at the University of Washington, where she did field work in the Cedar River Municipal Watershed. Her experience in the field drew her to our office. "I really loved seeing the little native flowers in bloom underneath the thick forest canopy. I learned how interconnected our region's ecology is." Click HereTo Read More |
Western Red Cedar
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Spring Storm
last night
a wild and raging wind
ripped a towering tree
apart - seven feet above
where its thick truck emerged
from the ridge above the deep cedar creek.
fallen from the tall green canopy,
in its place now is
emptiness;
the clouds and the red-brown
water rushing by without remorse...
but I mourn the great tree;
fallen from the place it held
with quiet dignity for so long.
J.D. Deutschendorf
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