For decades, coho salmon have been dying before they could spawn in watersheds in Seattle and elsewhere. Now we know specifically why—new research results point to a contaminant derived from vehicle tires, and the news media have been all over the story this month....
This year, TCA initiated the formation of a new nonprofit, the Seattle Watershed Alliance, or SWA. This is a coalition of community-based watershed groups from around Seattle. Its intent is to work on areas of common interest to all such groups and watersheds in this city…
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is responsible for maintenance work on the City of Seattle’s waterways. Thornton Creek, as many know, is the largest of the urban drainages in both Seattle and Shoreline. Much of the maintenance revolves around keeping the channel open and flowing relatively unobstructed to minimize flooding in low lying residential areas.
What will it really take, and what can you as an individual or family do to make a difference in reversing global warming?
She was standing on the edge of the pavement, looking intently down into the weeds and brush filling the roadside ditch. Getting closer she began gesturing and pointing into the weeds. When we approached to within speaking distance, she pointed into the ditch announcing in quiet voice; ”beaver”.
The Thornton Creek Bridges Study has explored rehabilitation and replacement options for four bridges in the Meadowbrook neighborhood at: NE 110th St., 39th Ave Ne, NE 105th St. near 39th Ave Ne, and NE 95th St. near Sand Point Way. The study intends to identify solutions that included long term multi-modal transportation demands for biking, walking, driving, and mass transit.
Climate Crisis: A Call to Action.
Join us Saturday February 15th to discuss our current and future climate crisis.
Update: Meeting postponed due to weather.Here is the agenda for the next Thornton Creek Alliance Public Meeting to be held on January 16th, 2020:
At TCA's general membership meeting of Oct. 17, 2019, there were two presentations, the first concerning the Seattle Parks Department's recent purchase of a 0.9-acre property for restoration, on NE 125th St. in Lake City, and the second concerning the issue of...
Thornton Creek Natural Drainage System Project click to download (pdf) SPU is working on a project to install natural drainage systems in the Thornton Creek basin. These systems consist of shallow depressions in the public right-of-way, or “planter strip,” filled with...
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