by Maria Metler | Sep 8, 2023
Help put beautiful Heron Meadow wetland to rest for the winter. Sign up for Heron Meadow work party here We will be mulching, pulling invasives, planting natives in strategic spots, and taking some long-term monitoring photos. The Heron Meadow is a two-acre wetland...
by Bianca Perla | Apr 15, 2020 | blog
“An owl is mostly air.” Ursula K. Le Guin, poet Nature at Home is a series of blog posts on Vashon Nature Center programs and activities. With each post we provide further learning opportunities and community science projects or actions you can do from home. You can...
by Bianca Perla | Mar 18, 2020 | blog
I open my inbox to a flood of emails about COVID-19. Helpful information spills out towards me and I am grateful for it: 50 things to do with kids, best movies to watch during quarantine, 20 arts and crafts projects, 10 meals to make with your hoard of groceries, best...
by Kathryn True | Sep 19, 2019 | blog
I opened the box very slowly as I’d been instructed, mindful of the talons and beak within. As I loosened the last tab and opened the lid, I saw the bird for the first time. It struck me that the hawk was not much bigger than the robins and other passerines she preys...
by Kathryn True | Feb 22, 2019 | blog
Written by: Pawl Rowley, Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber This article, authored by reporter Paul Rowley, first appeared in the Beachcomber on Jan. 9, 2019. It is republished with the newspaper’s permission. Nature Center Director Bianca Perla made the...
