Showing posts with label surface water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surface water. Show all posts

Friday's low tide at Richmond Beach

Sunday, May 12, 2024

 
Photo by Jackson Shelsted

The beach at Richmond Beach Saltwater Park was doubled in size by Friday's low tide.


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Public Health offers discount coupon for life jackets

Friday, May 10, 2024

Hey, King County, it’s going to be a nice weekend! 

Thinking about buying a life jacket that meets the U.S. Coast Guard Standard at a 20% discount? 

Look no further: To claim your discount, follow these simple steps:
  1. PRINT THE COUPON: visit kingcounty.gov/watersafety
  2. SHOW IT ON YOUR PHONE: 
  3. Alternatively, you can display the coupon on your phone when you visit any Big 5 Sporting Goods location in Washington. #watersafety
Stay safe in the water!

--Seattle - King County Public Health


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Attention fishermen: Three nearby lakes stocked with fish

Osprey and salmon photo by Jan Hansen

Perhaps I should say Attention: Fishing birds. All three of these lakes are shallow with many bird nests in the vicinity.

Echo Lake is in Shoreline. Bitter Lake and Haller Lake are just south of us in north Seattle. All three lakes are surrounded by housing, so this could be a boon for lakeside residents with fishing poles.

Each has a small public access area but no boat launch.

Bitter Lake (King County) May 7, 2024 - 1500 Rainbow @ 0.4lbs


Echo Lake (King County) May 7, 2024 - 1000 Rainbow @ 0.4lbs


Haller Lake (King County) May 7, 2024 - 1300 Rainbow @ 0.4lbs


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Attention fishermen: Green Lake has been stocked with rainbow trout

Monday, May 6, 2024

Green Lake is a large freshwater lake located in King County, Washington. 

At an elevation of 164 ft. and 250 acres, it's home to several species of fish, including rock bass, brown trout, common carp, rainbow trout, brown bullhead, channel catfish, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed sunfish. 

Green Lake provides good shoreline access and fishing pier.

Stocked Fish: Rainbow
Lake Size: 250 acres
Elevation: 164 ft.
Boat Launch: None
Shoreline Access: Good
Fishing Piers: Yes

Green Lake Stocking Reports
Green Lake has been historically stocked with rainbow. The largest rainbow ever stocked is 2.63 lbs. This year so far, there have been two stockings of rainbow at an average of 0.41 lbs. 

In the past, Green Lake stocked tens of thousands of rainbow averaging 0.61 lbs.

Date - Quantity -Fish
  • April 30, 2024        4800         Rainbow @ 0.42lbs
  • March 18, 2024     5700    Rainbow @ 0.4lbs

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Travels with Charlie: Exploring the first spring at No Fence Wetlands 330 miles away

By Gordon Snyder

We’ve been in Idaho (east of Moscow) for the last several days monitoring the status of the No Fence Wetlands' first spring after restoration.

The project is to restore cattle corrals / hayfields from the 1910s to the ancient wetlands conditions from before civilization…

8/5/2011 after haying. Photo from Google Earth

You can see historic water flow and wetlands remnants even after all the agricultural years.

Earth moving work on pond restoration was completed on 9/1/2023. After that, last fall we planted over 170,000 nursery grown wetlands plants. Plus, broadcast seeding of grasses and sedges.

9/7/2023 after haying and reconstruction. Photo from Google Earth

We lucked out when Google Earth satellite photographed the wetlands project just a week after reconstruction. The nursery plantings and seeding had begun when they were flying.

This spring we are seeing the ponds filling and wetlands plants sprouting and beginning to grow… Fantastic changes taking place.

Photo by Gordon Snyder

I am here photo and video documenting the progress and status of this first spring for the No Fence Wetlands.

Charlie is having a wonderful time
Photo by Gordon Snyder

Of course, my Buddy Charlie is with me out here. He is delightedly romping and sniffing while I’m doing my wetlands things. (Charlie changes from a “Dude” urban dog to a “Scout” country dog when we’re here.)

Photo by Gordon Snyder

Charlie helps by checking out the newly planted area.

Photo by Gordon Snyder

Charlie is mesmerized by honking from our new resident Canadian Geese on the shoreline of Bigfoot Pond….

Photo by Gordon Snyder

Meanwhile… I’m looking at water levels and success of bank plants and seed germination.

Photo by Gordon Snyder

We had less than 70% normal precipitation, but enough to get wetlands started.

Photo by Gordon Snyder

The plants need daily rain from those clouds to compete with existing hayfield grasses.

For more on this wetland project, check out No Fence Wetlands

Cheers,
Gordon Snyder


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New skyline at Ronald Bog

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Photo by Sam Hansen

Thank you to Meridian Park resident Sam Hansen who took this photo and tipped us about the fall of the "eagle tree" into Ronald Bog.

The tree, with yellow leaves, is center in the photo.

Martin de Grazia followed up with an article about the tree Favorite Tree: "Eagle tree" falls at Ronald Bog


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Empowering community members to restore their watersheds

Friday, April 19, 2024


Applications are now being accepted for Community Action Training School (CATS), a free, all-ages, program that will guide participants through a robust series of classes and field experiences focusing on scientific, social, cultural, and political issues important to watershed health and salmon recovery.

During this summer course, participants will join Mid Sound in seven classroom sessions and four field experiences where they will hear from community members, non-profit organizations, and local and Tribal governments to learn about the work being done throughout the watersheds. 

Participants will also be supported in designing and completing a stewardship action project that helps make a difference for salmon in their watershed.

Applications for this free program are due April 30, 2024 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis, as space allows.

CATS is funded by the King County Flood Control District and WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Board, as well as a generous donation by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe.

For more information email Piper at Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group.


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Ecology proposes new and updated limits for toxics in water

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

After three years,"Hope" the salmon returned to her home stream
in Lake Forest Park and died there before she could spawn.
(See previous article)
Comment period open through April 17, 2024

OLYMPIA – Washington’s waters could soon see more protective limits for dozens of toxic chemicals, meaning cleaner water and a healthier environment for all creatures that call our state’s rivers, streams, and Puget Sound home.

The Department of Ecology is proposing a major update to the state’s aquatic life toxics criteria

As part of the state’s rules for how clean state waters need to be, the aquatic life toxics criteria are designed to protect aquatic life, such as fish and invertebrates, from the effects of toxic chemicals in the water. 

The criteria include limits for marine and freshwater, and limits to protect aquatic life from both immediate (acute) effects, such as death, and long-term (chronic) effects, such as changes in growth and reproduction.

Currently, Washington has aquatic life toxics criteria for 28 toxic chemicals. 

Ecology is proposing to update the criteria for 16 these chemicals and add 14 more chemicals to the list for a total of 42. Well-known chemicals already on the list such as arsenic, copper, nickel, silver, zinc are receiving updates to better protect aquatic life from these chemicals. 

Proposed new additions to Washington’s list include PFOA and PFOS (part of the PFAS chemical group), aluminum, and the emerging chemical of concern 6PPD-quinone, the chemical that comes from tires and is toxic to salmon.

Washington’s last major update to these criteria was 30 years ago. Ecology is proposing these updates now based on updated science and new research, new methods and modeling tools, recommendations from EPA and Tribal governments, and public input encouraging Ecology to prioritize this work.

Once finalized by Ecology and approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the updated criteria will become part of water quality permits and used to identify polluted waters that need cleanup plans.

Provide input

Ecology is accepting public comments on this rule through April 17, 2024. All rulemaking documents are available on the aquatic life toxics criteria rule webpage.

Submit comments online, by mail, or at a public hearing:

Mail to:
Marla Koberstein
Department of Ecology
Water Quality Program
P.O. Box 47696
Olympia, WA 98504-7696

Public hearing
Ecology will hold virtual public hearings at:
Ecology will provide an overview of the proposed rule and hold a question-and-answer period, followed by public comment.

Learn more

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Travels with Charlie: Ronald Bog Park Wetlands

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Ronald Bog Park
Photo by Gordon Snyder
By Gordon Snyder

We headed to Ronald Bog Park 2301 N 175th St, Shoreline, WA 98133 to look over the wetlands before everything started leafing out. Lots to see and to sniff.

This is an amazing example of Urban Wetlands that are being restored. A piece of Nature surrounded by I-5 on the East, N 175th on the North, Meridian Ave N on the West and residences on the South. It looks like natural progress has been happening over the last couple years.

The Canadian Geese have taken up residence and were grazing the lawns. Their droppings are everywhere. The riparian areas are preparing to explode with warmer spring days.

Bog Water is clear this time of year, but has warnings about contact because of possible urban pollution and algal blooms. That’s a tough challenge as restoration continues.

If you’re interested in an example of our local conifers, there is a small arboretum with living examples. Just a brief walk along the path.

Diane Hettrick wrote a terrific Shoreline Area News 2019 article about the Wetlands Restoration 
”What’s Happening with Ronald Bog Park?”

The Ronald Bog is fighting huge odds becoming a wetlands once again. But given a chance Water and Biology will make it happen.

Check out Ronald Bog over the seasons because it will always be changing...


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Beauty in a soggy and drippy day

Monday, March 4, 2024

 
Photo by Jo Simmons

Beauty can be found anywhere, even on a soggy and drippy day at Twin Ponds Park.

--Jo Simmons


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Salomon bill to protect salmon from toxic chemical passes House, Senate

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Sen. Jesse Salomon - 32nd LD
OLYMPIA – Legislation to protect salmon populations from a toxic chemical passed the House Thursday.

Senate Bill 5931 would designate all 6PPD containing motor vehicle tires a priority consumer product under the Safer Products for Washington Act, empowering the state Department of Ecology to do a review of tires containing the chemical and develop regulatory action.

6PPD is found in most, if not all, car tires. It has been used for over six decades to make the tires more flexible and slow their degradation. 

In 2020, research funded by the Environmental Protection Agency showed 6PPD-quinone — created when 6PPD reacts with ozone in the air — is the most common killer chemical for coho salmon. 

Studies have shown it can kill the salmon after only a few hours of exposure. The chemical makes its way into waterways through roadway runoff and has been found in many Washington rivers, streams, and the Puget Sound.

“6PPD is killing salmon and other aquatic wildlife at a concerning rate,” said Sen. Jesse Salomon (D-Shoreline), who sponsored the bill. “We’re spending billions of dollars to remove culverts, restore habitats, and protect our salmon populations; we need to ensure we aren’t sabotaging our restoration efforts by ignoring this clear threat.”

6PPD is the second most deadly toxin to aquatic creatures ever studied. The Institute for Fisheries Resources and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations filed a lawsuit against tiremakers in 2023, alleging manufacturers violated the Endangered Species Act by using a known toxin.

The EPA also responded to a petition submitted by several Native American tribes calling for regulation, writing it is “necessary to initiate” risk management rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act to “address the risk to the environment from 6PPD-

“Salmon have immense cultural, commercial, and economic importance to our tribal communities,” said Sen. Claudia Kauffman (D-Kent), a member of the Land Use & Tribal Affairs Committee and the Senate’s first Indigenous woman. “Tribes have already called on the EPA to address the deadly risk posed by 6PPD. We need to do our part in Washington to protect our salmon populations from this toxin.”

“In partnership with tribes and the USEPA, Washington state is doing groundbreaking research on 6PPD’s impact on salmon, installing stormwater retrofits to reduce its impact and developing safer alternatives to the chemical so we can ultimately end its use,” said Gov. Jay Inslee. “I’m thankful to Sens. Salomon and Kauffman for their leadership on this important issue.”

“The progress we’ve made on salmon restoration has taken a lot of effort and a lot of funding. Now, the ubiquity of 6PPD threatens to undermine that work,” Salomon said. “Tiremakers have agreed to work with us to find a non-toxic alternative. With passage of this bill, we will be able to act quickly when a safe alternative becomes available.”

Having been slightly amended in the House, the bill now returns to the Senate for concurrence.

Sen. Jesse Salomon, D-Shoreline, represents the 32nd Legislative District, which includes Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, Seattle, Shoreline, Woodway, and unincorporated Snohomish County.


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Kayaker safe after being pulled from the water in Lake Ballinger

South county firefighters rescue kayaker at Lake Ballinger. Photo courtesy South County Fire

South County Fire reports that a kayaker is safe after firefighters pulled him from the water in Lake Ballinger Wednesday evening, February 28, 2024.

Someone called 911 shortly after 5:30pm and reported seeing two kayakers, with one of them in the water struggling to get back in his kayak. Within minutes, firefighters launched Boat 19 - South County Fire’s inflatable boat based at Lake Ballinger.
 
Firefighters quickly brought the distressed kayaker to shore, helped him warm up in an ambulance and he was able to go home. The other kayaker was uninjured and able to paddle back to shore.

Lake Ballinger is directly north of central Shoreline, in Snohomish county.


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Travels with Charlie: Fir cone armageddon and Wind on the water

Monday, February 26, 2024

Fir cone armageddon. Photo by Gordon Snyder

Wind gusts in our faces.

What a blustery day we just had! After gales slowed to breezy, we headed towards Log Boom Park to check out the stormy lake.

On the way, the you can see parts of road covered with fir cones blown from the trees. Good reason to stay outa the trees in a windstorm.

A wind-blown Lake Washington
Photo by Gordon Snyder

Lake Washington was still windy as the storms blew overhead. At the time, Charlie and I were the only crazies headed to the end of the pier. Wind gusts in our faces. No Rain either. What a Joy.

And… No worries about getting Bonked by anything as we walked the pier.

Cheers
Gordon Snyder


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Hope the Salmon returns to Lyon Creek

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Bringing Hope back to her found resting spot so that she could regenerate the creek
and surrounding environment.

By Sarah Phillips

On Sunday February 4, about 60 people stood on the edge of Lyon Creek and carefully placed juvenile salmon in a remote site incubator for the fourth time since 2021.

Juvenile salmon ready to be released into an
incubator in Lake Forest Park, Lyon Creek
Over 1000 coho salmon from the Issaquah hatchery will live in the gravel bottom tank until they leave the tank for Lyon Creek. 

The coho were raised by Jeff Jensen, a Lake Forest Park resident and UW faculty member. 

Dr. Jensen built the remote site incubator in collaboration with the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation and Trout Unlimited, and supported by a grant from King County.
LFP resident and UW prof Jeff Jensen, 
shares the life cycle of salmon, and the
potential for the return of kokanee (the
little red fish) to our creeks and streams.
The remote site incubator collects water from McKinnon Creek, passes it through a series of settling tanks and the gravel containing the eggs. 

Once the eggs have developed into fry, the fish can exit the incubator on their own through an exit pipe which extends to Lyon Creek.

Three years ago, when first releasing eggs into the incubator, the gathered group named a newly released egg, Hope. 

Last fall a local streamside family found a returning adult salmon in the stream. 

Jensen found it was in fact three years old -- Hope returned to Lyon Creek, her spawning ground. 

Her long journey in the stream, Lake Washington and after about a year and a half in the ocean was completed. She made her return.

A Coho Salmon named “Hope” returned to her
spawning site in October 2023. She was
three years old and 18” long.
Unfortunately, Hope when found, was dead and all of her beautiful eggs were unable to spawn. 

This is the fate of many returning salmon. 

Lately scientific research has told us that there is a chemical that leaches into the streams from the wear and tear of tires. 

Coho returning to streams have mortality when in contact with the chemicals. Fish that have been impacted swim in erratic patterns and then die.

How can we all protect salmon? Make our streams and creeks safer by reducing fertilizer. Encourage tire makers to change the chemical makeup of tires.


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Back to normal weather for our neighborhood…

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Photo by Gordon Snyder at Lake Washington

Gusty, Rainy, Cloudy with moments of Blue Sky. Then repeat over and over and over today.

Wind blown drizzle thru the bare trees along North Lake Washington. 

It was 48 degrees instead of below freezing.

--Gordon Snyder



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The Untold Story of Bsche’tla Creek

Monday, January 22, 2024

A map of the east side of Lake Forest Park illustrating the positions of our three creeks.

By Brian Saunders and Chip Dodd

Most people, who are familiar with Lake Forest Park, associate it with large trees, clean, cool creeks, green spaces and people who care about our natural environment. Visitors here speak of the pristine park-like feel in contrast to the ever encroaching urbanization typical of most metropolitan areas. 

Indeed, having grown up on the banks of McAleer Creek, witnessing the salmon runs, clambering up tall cedars, and enjoying mid-summer swims on the lake, I have always felt our namesake fits us well.

The Stewardship Foundation Streamkeepers have been studying the chemical, physical and biological health of McAleer and Lyon Creeks for over a decade now. However, many people who live in Lake Forest Park may not be aware of a third creek that cuts through a ravine near the southern entrance of our city. 

Bsche’tla Creek is the ‘little sister’ to McAleer and Lyon Creeks, and it is the only creek that still bears the Lushootseed name. Most of us have driven over the stream innumerable times with no idea that it exists beneath a bridge over SR 522/ Bothell Way (just south of the Sheridan Market). 

It is mostly a hidden stream, deep in its ravine, abutting backyards of private properties in a steep fall to Lake Washington. 

Having lived in Lake Forest Park for 50+ years, I had never visited Bsche’tla Creek until 2023. My visit left me ashamed, with a feeling of betrayal, by the image we project as a city.

Streamkeepers Chip Dodd and Councilmember Tracy Furutani climbing out
of the Bsche’tla ravine covered with invasive plants. Photo by B Saunders

A Rude Introduction

Rather than finding a winding, little creek, staggered with waterfalls, dark pools and bubbly riffles resembling the creek I was raised on, I found a stream in dystopian chaos. 

The headwaters of Bsche’tla Creek begin in the Briarcrest neighborhood from natural springs and runoff, just north of the Acacia cemetery. No more than a few feet across, it trickles and meanders along streets before winding its way down towards Highway 522 where it plummets into a culvert that cuts underneath the highway and eventually tubing out 100 feet below the street. 

The water that exits the drainpipe below 522 is initially channeled through a cement causeway before allowed to freely flow. Its color is rust-tinted and murky as it rambles along the clay-lined banks that make up much of the stream bed down the steep-walled ravine.

It's a treacherous path to reach the stream bed that runs below 522, as one must fight through thick tendrils of invasive English Ivy, English Holly, Himalayan Blackberry, and Laurel. Tree trunks wear ivy as a thick coat, 40 or 50 feet high. 

At the base of the ravine, I was left speechless with the sheer volume of debris, garbage, and used tires that had been discarded there. At first glance it is not recognizable as a stream but more resembling an effluent ditch in an industrial zone. I counted 20 old tires within a 30-foot stretch of the creek! It’s difficult to firmly wrap my head around this neglect. 
Could this stream really be here in Lake Forest Park?

Discarded car tires lining the bed of Bsche’tla Creek.
Photo by B. Saunders
After my visit last summer, the Streamkeepers added Bsche’tla to our list of streams to assess the Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity (B-IBI) analysis. We have been doing this type of analysis for Lake Forest Park’s other two creeks since 2006 

(For information on the importance of B-IBI analysis, see past SAN articles on September 2021 and October 2021).

The B-IBI results confirmed my suspicion of a creek on life support system scoring in the “Very Poor” index B-IBI test (17.2 out of 100). 

Looking at the graph below you can see a side-by-side comparison of B-IBI scores from different creeks in our area, including those in Seattle, Shoreline, Bothell, and Kenmore.

Mean B-BIBI Score of neighboring city creeks and those of Lake Forest Park 


Unlike McAleer and Lyon, which score near the fair range, Bsche’tla aligns closely with the more troubled creeks in Seattle and Shoreline. 

How could we have let one of our watersheds become so dilapidated? In addition to its poor current condition, Bsche'tla Creek faces immediate and extreme risk from proposed development at the rim of the ravine as well as from Sound Transit's widening of SR522 for Bus Rapid Transit.

Image from a KCTS video taken in the 1970s
of young students cleaning up a Lake Forest Park creek.
We Have Been Here Before

A colleague of mine and Stewardship Board member, Dr. Jeff Jensen, sent me video file of a slightly grainy movie produced by KCTS that appears to have been filmed in the early 1970’s. 

There’s no audio of the copy sent to me, but the images are vivid and in color. 

The movie begins with footage of I-5, uncongested by traffic, with old 1960-70 car models whizzing past the off-ramp of 104 East to Mountlake Terrace. Images quickly shift to several stretches of a McAleer Creek, from its beginnings at Ballinger Lake, through a culvert bypass under I-5 before entering Lake Forest Park proper. At last come the familiar sight of a large creek running along Perkins Way (NE 180th St), well shaded by vegetation but with the banks accessible.

Another image from a KCTS video taken in the 1970s
of refuse extracted from an LFP creek.
The next are images of Brookside School, the plaque with 1959 commemorative date clearly visible, and children, perhaps aged 8-12, heading out as if on a school field trip. 

The footage that follows is worth a second look as the cleanup effort begins. 

Large pieces of fabric, tires, metal bars are seen being pulled out of the creek waters or from along the banks. Obvious signs of a neglected waterway from past times. Even a large automobile was somehow dredged out and piled next to all the other debris.

The final images show students and teachers testing the water quality of the creek, measuring stream flow, and conducting restoration by planting streamside vegetation and releasing fish species, presumably salmon. The video ends by tracing the path of a released fish along the riffles.

Speaking with local artist and historian, Tony Angel, who spearheaded the project and helped edit the KCTS film, he recalled the colossal effort the cleanup took.

“There were 5-6 schools involved and it happened over 2-3 weekends.”

Much of the heavy lifting was even done using excavation equipment donated by out of town business groups.
 
“It was amazing to see the collective effort involved, from Bill Stevenson (Shoreline Superintendent), Dick Sacksteder (director of Instructional Materials) and Jill Dilworth at KCTS.”

After the clean-up, Tony convinced the Fish and Wildlife agency to get involved along with local scout troops, and the Rotary Club to replant native vegetation along the stream bank and plant sockeye salmon in McAleer Creek.

“It never ceases to amaze me how people, unified under a common purpose, can become so inspired and motivated”.
 
Many local elementary schools today continue with Salmon in the Classroom programs, which were a direct result of the McAleer Creek cleanup. We shall need such educational inspirations and efforts as we face more challenges to protect and restore our natural systems in the future.

Streamkeeper Brian Saunders examining the debris and invasive species on Bsche'tla Creek
Photo by Chip Dodd

The Future of Bsche’tla Creek

Moving forward, we have two options. We could continue our focus solely on McAleer and Lyon Creek and ignore the plight of Bsche’tla or we fight to restore this small creek to a health that is more fitting of our city’s image. 

As we enter 2024, I hope the citizens of Lake Forest Park join the Stewardship Foundation, to continue to battle for the restoration and preservation of natural areas, areas that sustain not only species but entire ecological communities, so that future generations may enjoy what I experienced in my youth.


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Bad weather always looks better when you’re outside

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Rainy Lake Washington
Photo by Gordon Snyder
By Gordon Snyder

During today’s grey rainy afternoon, I headed to see the storms blowing over Lake Washington.

Typical rain and clouds kept changing the view. I stayed longer to gather in the sights when I heard the screeching of a couple of eagles.

Almost eagles
Photo by Gordon Snyder

Couple of eagles was literally correct. 

They were flying and hollering until they landed in the shoreline trees and proceeded with their mating ritual. 

I could not get a photo because they were in that distant clump of trees. 

But while I was waiting for them to maybe fly by… a subtle sunset showed up.


After deciding it was getting too dark to photo them, while leaving I saw this Rainbow to the east.

Bad weather always looks better when you’re outside. 


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If there's algae in the lake - don't go in

Friday, December 29, 2023

Echo Lake during an algae bloom
Photo courtesy City of Shoreline

Public Health – Seattle & King County recommends that people and pets stay out of the water in King County lakes where algae is visible. Follow posted guidance at parks and beaches.

Remember – when in doubt, stay out of the water.

If algae is visible, don’t let pets drink the water or get it on their fur. It’s possible for toxins to be present even if you can’t see algae in the water.

If your pet goes in or near the water at a King County lake, we recommend monitoring them for these symptoms: low energy, not eating, vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, and seizures. Symptoms will typically occur within minutes to hours after exposure. If your pet becomes ill, call your veterinarian immediately.

If you are planning to swim or participate in a “Polar Bear Plunge” on New Year’s Day, check with event organizers or city parks departments for the latest information.


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National Weather Service Seattle issues coastal flood warning for Thursday morning

Thursday, December 28, 2023


A coastal flood advisory has been issued for all of Puget Sound for Thursday morning, December 28, 2023.

I am uncertain what effect this will have on our area. During the heavy rain in December my In Box was full of photos of flooded roads in Snohomish and Skagit counties - but we hardly noticed anything.

Both Shoreline and Lake Forest Park have done many flood mitigation projects over the past decade. We no longer have flooded intersections by LFP Town Center or Ronald Bog. 

Three years ago we got two inches of rain and Shoreline crews were very busy - check out this article from December 2020

Do rake the leaves away from your storm drain. 

If at any time you do come across a flooded road take a photo and send it to me with the address or cross streets and I'll see it gets to the right place for action. 

Or call the Shoreline Customer response team at 206-801-2700. It's a 24/7 number so feel comfortable leaving a detailed message, including information on how to contact you if they have follow up questions.

In Lake Forest Park, if localized flooding is severe and you are unable to clear the drain, please call City Hall at 206-368-5440 during business hours or after hours call 206-296-8100.



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Shoreline wants your feedback on surface water

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Let’s Build a Better Shoreline!

The City of Shoreline’s Surface Water Utility works hard to protect our community and environment.

Imagine cleaner streams and lakes, more trees, less flooding from rainstorms, and a Shoreline ready for climate change.

We’re planning our projects through 2030 and we want to know what is important to you! 

Your feedback will help us decide which projects and programs we will do. This survey also asks you to tell us what you think about policies that could change how much you pay in Surface Water Management fees.

Tell us what you want

Share your feedback by Monday, January 22, 2023



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