Thornton Creek Alliance Meeting on Transit

Light Rail Transit, Northgate Station & Thornton Creek

June 28th Thursday 7PM to 9PM

Meadowbrook Community Center

10517 35th Ave NE, Seattle

PROGRAM: Please join Thornton Creek Alliance for a panel discussion of the changes and challenges to Thornton Creek as the North Corridor Transit Project becomes further developed. Come to [...]

Thornton Creek Alliance Meeting

Annual Meeting & Elections

April 26th Thursday 7PM to 9PM

Meadowbrook Community Center

10517 35th Ave NE Seattle WA 98125

National Wildlife Federation presents a program on

Community Wildlife Habitats

PROGRAM: A representative from National Wildlife Federation will provide an overview and share information about [...]

March 31 Urban Nature Event at Magnuson Park

Come to Magnuson Community Center and EarthCorp’s third annual nature event. The festival features Spyglass Theater’s “The Secret Life of Bugs” and family-friendly presentations and interactive booths by organizations such as Insect Safari, Roving Reptiles, Woodland Park Zoo, Bats Northwest, Burke Museum, Mountaineers, Audubon and more. There will also be art and nature activities, including [...]

Public Meeting on Beaver Pond Natural Area

Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to participate in the final public meeting for the Beaver Pond Natural Area on Thornton Creek, a community initiated restoration project, on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 from 7 – 9 p.m. at the Northgate Community Center, 10510 5th Ave NE..

The Watershed Company and Parks staff will present [...]

Defending Victory Creek Park

Here’s a Youtube video made by a Pinehurst neighbor and his son, documenting their efforts to clean up Victory Creek Park. Thanks, Chad!

(Sad blogger moment: I tried to embed the video in this post, but I couldn’t figure out how.)

Take Winter by Storm: Landside Awareness Meeting on 10/29

If you own property on a slope, you may want to consider attending this meeting…

The City of Seattle will be offering two free landslide awareness meetings on Oct. 29 and Nov. 12 (same format). The public will have the opportunity to consult with public and private landslide experts and learn how to protect themselves [...]

Summer Green Teen Camp (Ages 12-17) FREE!

EarthCorps is hosting Green Teen Camp this summer in Seattle at the Seattle Parks and Recreation Rainier Community Center. Participants will need to provide their own transportation to the community center during the camp week, Monday – Friday, 9am-3pm. There is no cost for this camp!

The focus of the camp is for teens to [...]

Final Public Meeting for Park Planning – Thursday, July 27

Please attend the third public planning meeting for Thornton Creek Park #1, recently renamed “Licorice Fern Natural Area on Thornton Creek”.

The meeting is in the conference rooms at St.Matthew Parish, 1270 NE 127th Street, Seattle, at 6:30 pm on Thursday, July 27.

Based on comments from this meeting, consultant Peggy Gaynor will prepare [...]

New Names for Thornton Creek Parks

From the Parks and Recreation press release:

Parks has acquired a number of parcels along Thornton Creek in northeast Seattle, and four of them are being named to recognize their unique characteristics and let the public know that they are access points to Thornton Creek. The naming took into consideration the natural features and [...]

Merlin Falcons in Pinehurst Again

Spike and Thor, the Pinehurst Merlin Falcons, are again nesting in our neighborhood. They’ve established themselves in an abandoned crow’s nest on NE 113th St this year. Eggs should be hatching any day now. If you go looking for them, please be discrete so they aren’t disturbed.

We think it’s likely that one of their [...]