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Sharing a Knowledge of Water

A day of sharing connects water systems communicators and educators.

March 24, 2017 in Careers That Matter, Community Engagement, Education, Sustainability.

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A little #flashbackfriday to @kingcountyparks Earth Day Fair at Marymoor Park. What year do you think this picture was taken? Image: Children sit around a parachute game with blue, green, red and yellow triangles in a park. Some children are wearing brightly colored windbreakers. #EARTHMONTH #EARTHDAY #EARTHDAY2019🌏 #EARTHDAY2019 #RECYCLE #kingcounty #marymoorpark

Welcome back #TrailheadDirect! Your favorite transit-to-trails service returns Saturday, April 20. This year there are 4️⃣ interconnected routes on Trailhead Direct to take you to your favorite hiking destinations including: 🏔Mount Si 🏔Cougar Mountain 🏔Chirico Trail - Poo Poo Point 🏔Mailbox Peak #kingcounty #kingcountyparks #issaquahalps #hike #trail #hikingadventure #seattlehikes Images: A group of hikers, dressed in flannels and backpacks smile while taking their seats on a Traihead Direct vehicle. Riders in hiking boots step onto a Trailhead Direct vehicle. Clouds hang onto a tree covered Cougar Mountain.

Send a raven. It may not be as magical as a Three-Eyed Raven guiding visions of Winterfell, the Great Blue Heron lends its own enchantment to @kingcountyparks Marymoor Park. The Great Blue Heron has a wingspan of six feet and a special neck vertebrae that allows the neck to curl into a “S” shape, and its structure provides a lighting quick strike at prey. Herons look for food anytime there is enough light. Studies suggest that cloudy weather is ideal for the birds to look for fish. #winterishere #marymoorpark #kingcounty #audubon #blueheron #got #gameofthrones @seattleaudubon @eastsideaudubon

We are heartened that Lummi Nation would invite us into their traditional territory, privileged that Lummi elders and singers would accept our support for their sacred ceremony, and honored that our environmental research vessel, SoundGuardian, can be at Henry Island to assist and help draw attention to the plight of the majestic Orca. @kcexec offered the use of SoundGuardian last summer to participate in emergency actions to help an ailing 4-year-old whale – J50 – working alongside federal, tribal, state and private vessels in an effort aimed at assessing the whale’s health and restoring strength through medicine and supplemental feeding. While those rescue efforts were unsuccessful, the tragic death of J50 did draw attention to the need to come together and address the underlying issues that have led to this dire situation for our resident Orca. Local governments like King County have a particular duty to step up in the areas where we have authority and influence Orca survival: 🌊stormwater and wastewater management 🌊growth management 🌊open space conservation 🌊habitat restoration, and 🌊cleanup of legacy pollution Images: Landscape of a bright green grass covered bluff off of Henry Island, the sky is overcast and the water of the Sound is clear. Lummi Nation celebrant is drumming and singing during the trip to celebrate and honor the orca. A view of King County’s SoundGuardian crew looking out the front of the vessel. #lummination #orcarecovery #saveourorcas #pugetsound

Yesterday was #InternationalBeaverDay and we can’t believe we almost missed it! There are only two species of beavers in the world, the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber). We only have the North American beaver here in King County, also pictured taking a leisurely swim in Lake Washington near Magnuson Park. We asked environmental scientist Jennifer Vanderhoof in our department to put together a list of fun beaver facts: Beavers create wildlife habitat that humans can’t replicate. Trees that die in beaver ponds become habitat for woodpeckers, insects, bats, and many more animals. Beaver ponds are home to far more amphibians than ponds without beavers. Insects live in the ponds and are food for fish that also use the ponds. Large and small mammals including mink, otters, cougars, bears, and weasels use ponds created by beavers to drink, feed, and cool down in the summer. Beaver ponds are excellent rearing habitat for salmon. Beaver ponds recharge groundwater aquifers, which may help keep water cooler for fish downstream. Beaver ponds store water that increases groundwater recharge and retention, which increases water flows in the streams below. Fish are therefore still be able to move through some streams that might otherwise go dry in the summer. Beaver ponds can help reduce erosion and flash flooding during rain storms by reducing the highest peaks of peak stream flows. Beaver ponds are like water filters, because they collect and store sediment and pollutants, that keep the water downstream cleaner. Beavers create and maintain wetlands that attract a much wider variety of plants and animals than ponds and streams lacking beavers. Beavers are known as a keystone species because they greatly influence the physical attributes of an ecosystem and what species are present. 📷 Jennifer Vanderhoof Photo: North American beaver which has a brown coat swims with water up to its chin in the blue waters of Lake Washington. The beaver’s nose and eyes are right above the water making it look adorable. #beaver #wildlife #wildlifephotography #environment #lakewashington #northamericanbeaver

With the help of a growing coalition of cities, schools, nonprofits and volunteers, King County has planted more than 700,000 trees. 🌲 By planting #1MillionTrees by 2020, we are helping reduce carbon pollution and improving the health of neighborhoods and habitats. 🌲 You can volunteer with @kingcountyparks to help us reach the 1 million trees goal. 🌲 Photo: Girl wearing a windbreaker, work gloves and hair in pony tails kneels down to plant a tree. She is holding a potted tree in a cleared natural area with a shovel next to her. #climateaction #trees #environment #sustainability #naturephotography #climatechange

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