{"id":6538,"date":"2011-08-11T16:59:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T16:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sustainablewestseattle.org\/?p=6538"},"modified":"2011-08-11T16:59:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T16:59:42","slug":"learn-local-watershed-ecosystem-basics-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/11\/learn-local-watershed-ecosystem-basics-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Local Watershed &#038; Ecosystem Basics This Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asla.org\/sustainablelandscapes\/highpoint.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6539 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sustainablewestseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/High-Point-pond.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a>Join the<a href=\"http:\/\/pugetsound.org\/events\/west_seattle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rain Water Walking Tour<\/a>\u00a0to learn local watershed and ecosystem basics. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pugetsound.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People for Puget Sound<\/a> is hosting this walk, which begins at the Home Depot parking lot &#8211; \u00a07345 Delridge Way SW, at 10:00 am on Saturday, August 13. \u00a0The walk is co-sponsored by Sustainable West Seattle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stewardshippartners.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stewardship Partners<\/a>, and the City of Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the tour you will learn about the ecology of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longfellowcreek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Longfellow Creek watershed<\/a>, traditional polluted runoff management methods, and the effect of polluted runoff on local fish habitat.<\/p>\n<p>The tour will then follow the legacy trail along Longfellow Creek, up 150 stairs, to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.highpointneighborhood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">High Point neighborhood <\/a>to view sustainable development solutions to polluted runoff. An optional discussion will conclude the event from 1:00 to 2:00 pm \u00a0at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/parks\/centers\/highpt.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">High Point Community Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about polluted runoff as the single biggest unaddressed source of pollution of Puget Sound<\/li>\n<li>Learn about solution to help reducing the runoffs<\/li>\n<li>Advocate to friends and networks to do the same<\/li>\n<li>Become citizen activists campaigning for clean water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The tour is free and family friendly. Please wear comfortable shoes. This is an interactive walking tour. There are only 30 spots available so RSVP to Emily Fales at <a href=\"mailto:EMfales@uw.edu\">EMfales@uw.edu<\/a>. \u00a0For more information\u00a0call Franziska McKay at 206-382-7007, extension 161.<\/p>\n<p>[mappress mapid=&#8221;411&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Rain Water Walking Tour\u00a0to learn local watershed and ecosystem basics. \u00a0People for Puget Sound is hosting this walk, which begins at the Home Depot parking lot &#8211; \u00a07345 Delridge Way SW, at 10:00 am on Saturday, August 13. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/11\/learn-local-watershed-ecosystem-basics-this-saturday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/11\/learn-local-watershed-ecosystem-basics-this-saturday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,6,8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-events","category-native-plants-2","category-community","category-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}