Stories from The Emerald Alliance
Taking Action in April
“We all deserve clean air, clean water and a healthy environment in which to live, work and thrive.” In the spirit of this belief, the Healthy Washington For All (HEAL) Act (SB 5479) is nearing a critical vote next week on its way to passing the WA State Legislature this session.
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Building a World-Class Trail System Across Puget Sound
King County Parks is dedicated to stewarding and expanding a high quality regional trails network for people of all ages and abilities, races and income levels to walk, bike or otherwise enjoy nature with friends and family.
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It All Flows Downstream: Unique opportunity to plan for the future of our public lands in Central Puget Sound
The watersheds that flow west from the Cascades into Puget Sound all have something in common: the headwaters are comprised of public land, and mostly National Forest land.
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A Gem of an Opportunity
From my sixth floor office high on a hill above downtown Seattle, I can see the great Pacific Northwest wilderness in nearly every direction. The iconic forests that blanket the Olympic and Cascade Mountains…
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In a more crowded Seattle, Discovery Park provides a lesson — Can density and open space co-exist?
The story about Discovery Park in Seattle (via Crosscut) contains a history lesson in Seattle’s development that is just as timely today given the incredible pace of growth across the city and the region. It reinforces why the…
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Twenty years of ecosystem services: How far have we come and how far do we still need to go?
It has been over 20 years since the publication of two seminal works that introduced the idea that our natural environment provides us ecosystem services and that those services are highly valuable…
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