Thornton Creek Stream Restoration

It's been way too long since we got together for a good ol'fashined Good Steward Group event. Fortunately, we have Beth Olsen who provided us with a fantastic idea. So, on February 28th (Saturday), from 9AM to 3PM (or as long as you can) we're going to join the GreenSEATTLE partnership, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle Parks, and EarthCorps to perform some riparian (stream bank) restoration along Thornton Creek. It's going to be sweet! We'll install some plants, lay down some mulch, and pull some invasive weeds. Boo-yah!

For those of you who aren't familiar with Thornton Creek, this is one of 3 urban streams in Seattle that support salmon runs. Thornton Creek flows from the Ronald Bog park in Shoreline to the southeast, under I-5 and the Northgate Mall parking lot, before daylighting and eventually emptying into Lake Washington near Matthews Beach.

If any of you have been near Northgate recently, you may remember seeing new mixed-use apartment complexes being built south of the mall. Thornton Creek has been pulled out of its pipe and will flow through these two complexes. However, the reach that we're going to help restore is near Roosevelt Way NE.


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Directions to the event is as follows: From I-5 take the Northgate Way exit and follow Northgate Way east to Roosevelt Way. Turn right on Roosevelt and travel south to 104th. Turn right on 104th where it dead ends at the park entrance. We will be meeting at the street-end.

As always, I'd like to provide those we're partnering with with a rough head count. So, if you're available and are planning on coming, please let me know by February 21st (1 week before the event).