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August 17, 2023
We transformed dilapidated buildings along the Duwamish River into an estuary, providing ideal habitat for young salmon and greenspace for communities
Montage of photos taken during the Chinook Wind celebration event
The new estuary, known as Chinook Wind [ [link removed] ], provides the complex, intertidal habitat young salmon need as they transition from freshwater to saltwater on their journey to Puget Sound. The project team included members of Green Start [ [link removed] ], a King County Jobs and Housing Program that offers ecological career opportunities to people experiencing homelessness.
*Watch the video* [ [link removed] ]
Enjoy tasty food, live music, family fun at CHOMP! on Aug. 19
King County Parks will host the 10th annual CHOMP! at Marymoor Park on Aug. 19, offering tasty food, live music, sustainable workshops, and free family activities. Admission is free!
Event poster for CHOMP! featuring the Blind Boys of Alabama as a featured headliner. Free event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
*CHOMP!* [ [link removed] ]
‘A pathway to zero waste’
Pathway to zero waste [ [link removed] ]
We’re exploring new technologies that can help us achieve Re+, our initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by waste. Our Solid Waste Division recently toured a Georgia-Pacific facility in Toledo, Ore., to see how their new technology sorts garbage, recovering recyclable materials like paper and metal to reduce the amount of materials that end up buried in landfills.
*Read more* [ [link removed] ]
Mad scientist in the woods? Or, just another day at Vashon Treatment Plant?
Vashon
Blink and you’d probably miss the driveway into Vashon Treatment Plant. Everything about this plant is pint-sized, a much scaled-down version of the massive clean water facilities servicing the mainland.
Elizabeth Corliss has been at the helm of Vashon Treatment Plant for four years now. Everyone calls her Lizzy. She grew up on Vashon and never knew the treatment plant was there until she joined King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD). “I tell people what I do, and they’re like, ‘What, we have that?’
*Read more* [ [link removed] ]
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King County’s first Eat Local Month
Eat Local Month King County is presented by Tilth Alliance and PCC Community Markets
August is Eat Local Month King County! Join Tilth Alliance for a month-long celebration of our local food community and those who grow, raise, fish, make, and cook it to share with us.
Follow Eat Local First King County’s website [ [link removed] ] and on Facebook [ [link removed] ] for updates, stories, and giveaways.
Trailhead Direct will be up and running on Labor Day!
Image od the waist down of riders boarding the Trailhead Direct bus "Hop in Hikers, we're going to Mount Si!"
Trailhead Direct, our transit-to-trails service connecting hikers to Mount Si, Mount Teneriffe, and Little Si will operate on Labor Day, the last day of service for the 2023 season.
Find the schedule and route information [ [link removed] ].
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