South King County Group
The South King County group serves all areas south of I-90 including Auburn, Black Diamond, Burien, Covington, Des Moines, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Kent, Maple Valley, Newcastle, Normandy Park, Ravensdale, Renton, SeaTac, Tukwila, and Vashon Island.
Peter Rimbos primbos@comcast.net, Communications Coordinator
Learn about our work to prevent sprawl
Marsh Fork (Alaska) Raft Trip Presentation by Dan Streiffert, Chair
On March 24, 2011, Dan Streiffert presented a slide show at the Kent Library of a 12-day raft trip down the Marsh Fork of the Canning River in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The trip began high on the north slope of the Brooks Range and terminated about 20 miles from the Arctic Ocean on the coastal plain. Called "America's Serengeti" for its tremendous biological productivity and diversity, the coastal plain is one of the most intact and untouched ecosystems in America. The trip included encounters with arctic wolves, caribou, musk ox, and arctic ground squirrels. The highlight of the trip was the numbers of birds that were seen migrating through from 50 states and six continents to feed and reproduce.
To view the presentation slides please click here.
Soos Creek Restoration
by Dorothy Johnston dorothyjtn@earthlink.net, Outings Coordinator
On April 2, 2011, The Sierra Club and Friends of Soos Creek Park, along with King County Parks, opened their ninth year of restoration work at Soos Creek Park in Kent. Thank you to all the people who participated for your efforts on behalf of our environment as we effectively eliminated invasive Scot’s Broom and non-native Holly.Our next event at the park will be scheduled for some time in the Fall 2011, when we plant 100‘s of native plants and trees at the south end of the Soos Creek trail.
We will continue to transform the park to the great benefit of its native habitats, wildlife and the large number of people who use it regularly. The long-term County vision is for the Soos Creek Trail to be a continuous ribbon of greenery from Renton to the Green River!
