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...
by Bianca Perla | Sep 28, 2020 | blog
Written by: Mary Bruno, Vashon-Maury Island Groundwater Protection Committee Member. This is the first in a quarterly series of guest blog posts that Mary will be sharing about water quality topics that the Groundwater Protection Committee is working on on the...
by Kathryn True | Sep 23, 2020 | blog
This week, Vashon Nature Center is launching a new project called Everyone Counts! —a community-building activity and community science project. The free 12-week course includes a weekly prompt for participants to ground themselves in a single “nature sit-spot,” where...
by Maria Metler | Jun 26, 2020 | blog
This article was updated on june 1, 2022 to reflect the new rule that bonfires are no longer allowed at KVI. When I think of KVI beach, my mind fills with happy memories just as the tidal salt marsh floods at each high tide. Imagine the number of hours we, as an...
by Kathryn True | May 22, 2020 | blog
Every low tide I am seized by conflicting emotions of joyful anticipation and looming dread. I am excited by the prospect of entering the temporarily drained and accessible octopuses’ gardens—to walk among the sea pens I can usually only discern in a watery blur from...
by Bianca Perla | May 3, 2020 | blog
Photos, paintings, and writing by: Paulina Barry My name is Paulina Barry, and I am the Heron Wetland Education and Stewardship Intern. Heron Meadow is a two-acre wetland, owned by Vashon Center for the Arts, and home to Vashon Nature Center’s field office. In 2019,...
