Only when the last tree has died

and the last river been poisoned

and the last fish been caught

will we realize we cannot eat money.

~Cree Indian Proverb

We have a history of caring for Soos Creek. Our members have a history of putting time, money, and sweat-equity, into protecting the Green River Watershed, and Soos Creek salmon-bearing tributaries, which is home to endangered Chinook salmon. Pages 8, 9, 10 show maps of the Natural Areas and the area SCAR was involved in. We are collecting your stories (email them to SCAR):

• If you volunteer to release salmon fry into the Soos Creek or any of the tributary creeks that join it, please share your story. 
• If you or your family members helped with removing invasive species, re-planting, or putting up the Nature Area signs, please share your story.
• If you belong to one of the many fishing groups that have fished along the Soos Creek-Green River area, please share your story.

Soos Creek Salmon Hatchery. Byline: Cathy McDonald; Special to The Seattle Times “Just down the road at the Green River bridge, a citizens group called the Soos Creek Area Response has been restoring the strip of land that lies between the road and the river. Native plants have been planted to provide erosion control and habitat, and interpretive signs describe the stream environment. There is a history of landslides (View 1972 article).

Also a landslide closed SR 18 below the Green River Community College. Seattle Times

***Along SR 18, east of Auburn, a landslide forced the closure of the west- bound lanes. Emergency countermeasures required the construction of a counterweight berm in the westbound lanes to stop the landslide until a permanent cylinder pile wall could be constructed. Westbound traffic was routed onto the eastbound lanes.

***Source: WSDOT, Transportation Data Office, Sections4_5_6_RockfallHist_HwyClos_AvalHaz, Section 5, Major Highway Closure Due to Slope Failures (1985 to 2005), Unstable Slopes / Snoqualmie, p. 93