Executive Constantine announces plan to rapidly accelerate protection of the last, best 65,000 acres of urban greenspace, forests, farmland, trails, river corridors, and natural areas. … [Read more...]

Conservationist Greg Wingard receiving an award from King County Executive Dow Constantine for his ongoing lifetime of work dedicated to conservation efforts primarily in the South King County area.  The award was presented during the celebratory event marking the completion of the Lones Levee removal project on the Green River in South King County, allowing for (hoped for) restoration … [Read more...]

The following notes contain a good description of the traffic problems and lack of planning surrounding the huge housing build-outs in Black Diamond (ie Ten Trails & other Oak Point housing developments). Peter is the prime worker leading efforts to identify and present to the county and south-end cities the traffic problems, current and future, associated with those developments. Don … [Read more...]

Join me in giving thanks for the continuing momentum to protect OSS owners from government overreach. The State Department of Health is still moving forward with revising Rules related to OSS. The process has slowed, but gradually, our concerns are being addressed. 

Based on the Law that we passed in 2019, the Rules will now acknowledge:

• No access to private property … [Read more...]

The following website shows the contaminant levels in our drinking water.  Type in your zip code and click on your water utility.  The large encircled number is their (EWG) quality rating (low number is better). Note:  several years ago I was told by Covington Water District that during the summer when their wells aren’t producing sufficient quantities that they buy water from … [Read more...]