Nature Blog
Wine in the Woods
Photos Are Here! Our second annual Wine in the Woods fundraiser on June 30th was a great success! We had a great time out in the West Duwamish Greenbelt listening to live music and enjoying delicious wine and treats. All of us at Nature Consortium would like to thank everyone who helped make this possible: 12th…
Edible nature in Seattle's forests: Salmonberries are here!
The salmonberries in the greenbelt are nearly ripe and ready to eat! These native treats look like raspberries but have an orange-pink (or sometimes bright red) color. They are in the same family as non-native pest Himalayan blackberry and make a great substitute when you want to remove the invasive blackberry. Salmonberries are an important…
What better way to celebrate our 100th blog post…
…than by telling you all about our awesome accomplishments at this year’s Duwamish Alive! For those of you who aren’t familiar with Duwamish Alive, it is a local coalition founded in 2005 of over 30 nonprofits, businesses, municipalities, and community groups within the Duwamish River Watershed which is working together to preserve and enhance habitat…
Oh the things you will find…
….in Seattle’s forests! Tuesday, May 3rd saw the arrival of our semi-annual work party at College Street Ravine in honor of our friend, King County Executive Dow Constantine (for background on this, you can read this previous blog post). This time was extra-special & fun, as we were joined by Anna Birinyi’s first-grade class from…