by Maria Metler | Feb 13, 2023
Please register to attend here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lichen-walk-island-center-forest-tickets-514362531177 Join naturalist Hannah Morosoff for an enchanting exploration of the lichen of Shinglemill Creek. This family-friendly (2-mile maximum) walk will meander...
by Bianca Perla | Jan 20, 2023 | blog
Featured Image: KVI on December 27th, 2022. Photo Credit: Island Resident As we drove towards KVI for an afternoon walk, we hadn’t given much thought to tides. High tides just mean a shorter walk right? Most days of the year this would be a decent way to approach a...
by Mary Bruno | Jan 4, 2023 | blog
“For my age, to be in a union and to have all these benefits is amazing,” says 20-year-old Jayce Alberthal, Water District 19’s first ever apprentice. Photo Credit: Mary Bruno Water District 19 was at half staff last January when John...
by Kathryn True | Nov 26, 2022 | blog, Wildlife Sightings
The visiting Acorn Woodpecker. Photo credit: Jim Diers An acorn woodpecker has been hanging around the old Misty Isle Farms airstrip at SW 232nd Street since Nov. 2. For the nonbirder, this information might result in a shrug, but to the birding community on Vashon...
by Mary Bruno | Nov 22, 2022 | blog
Public Health teams have been assessing water quality and septic performance along Vashon’s northwest shoreline. Credit: Public Health — Seattle & King County In May 2020, responding to reports of foul odors along certain stretches of Vashon...