Responding to advocacy from Thornton Creek Alliance, the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department is seeking funds to acquire the pieces for a new, two-acre natural area along Willow Creek, just north and east of the Shanty Tavern, at 9002 Lake City Way NE. In March,...
TCA has a Land Use Committee open to membership that reviews plans for urban development in our watershed. We support density in our neighborhoods, and we encourage close community review of construction permitting and design documents to understand the environmental...
Neighbors and advocates for the unhoused have reached out to TCA about the camping at 2318 NE 125th St, the site of the Lake City Floodplain Park currently under development. In response, we would like to make clear that our position is to support city and county...
Habitat Restoration: The Change Starts at Home
Recently Thornton Creek Alliance (TCA) has formed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee to develop plans and take action to engage those under-represented. We are soliciting help from within and outside of our organization. As a committee we are dedicated to exploring and implementing ways to encourage and support the underserved community as part of the effort to improve and protect our watershed for all of us.
TCA past president, board member, and member, Dan Mahler passed away at the age of 80 on August 5, 2021. As president he guided our group through a period of change and growth, keeping the organization on an even keel and encouraging innovation.
On Thursday August 12, 2021, the fish passage coordinator for King County reached out to me to invite TCA to provide input in choosing a fish passage barrier that could be used for a media event by Senator Maria Cantwell, along with US Representative Derek Kilmer, the following Monday. The impetus was the federal infrastructure package currently working its way through Congress. The US Senate’s version of the $1 trillion package includes $1 billion to remove poorly designed culverts that create obstacles for fish nationwide. Authored by Sen Cantwell, the culvert fix provision in the bill would help open up fish habitat in our state, and with any luck, in our watershed.
Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections (SDCI) is currently reviewing plans for a NEW six-story apartment block with 410 units and 256 parking places at the site of the former Kindred Hospital (10631 8th Avenue NE). The current design requires all building traffic to enter and exit on 8th Ave NE, a designated pedestrian and bicycle greenway, within feet of Thornton Creek at Beaver Pond Natural Area (BPNA) and its tributaries.
Since early last year, Thornton Creek Alliance has been working with Muckleshoot and Duwamish representatives on a possible Lushootseed name for the new natural area that the City of Seattle acquired along the creek at 2318 NE 125th Street in 2019
Plan progressing for the new natural area along Thornton Creek at NE 125th St.
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