by Bianca Perla | Mar 4, 2021 | blog
written by: Mary Bruno This is the fifth in a monthly series of guest blog posts that Mary will be sharing about island water quality topics thru the Groundwater Protection Committee. This is a story about how three neighbors saved two Vashon neighborhoods. The...
by Bianca Perla | Mar 4, 2021 | blog
written by: Bianca Perla and Kathryn True The osoberry is blooming, the ruby-crowned kinglets are singing, and the frogs are gathering in the ponds. At Vashon Nature Center, we draw strength from the building energy of spring, and we are marking this season of renewal...
by Bianca Perla | Jan 27, 2021 | blog
written by: Mary Bruno This is the fourth in a monthly series of guest blog posts that Mary will be sharing about island water quality topics thru the Groundwater Protection Committee. Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with Jim Garrison, retiring co-owner of Burton...
by Bianca Perla | Jan 20, 2021 | blog
written by: Mary Bruno This is the third in a monthly series of guest blog posts that Mary will be sharing about island water quality topics thru the Groundwater Protection Committee. Meet Jim Garrison, co-owner of Burton Water Company, one of Vashon’s oldest...
by Bianca Perla | Nov 2, 2020 | blog
written by: Mary Bruno, Vashon-Maury Island Groundwater Protection Committee This is the second in a monthly series of guest blog posts that Mary will be sharing about water quality topics that the Groundwater Protection Committee is working on on the islands. Update,...
by Kathryn True | Oct 14, 2020 | blog
It was a bright late-July day in Dockton Park, just days before a bulkhead removal slated to slip perfectly between the tides to avoid backhoe damage to sensitive nearshore habitat. The heavy machinery was commissioned and a team of five had cleared their schedules to...
