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Lantern Walk, Saturday, November 4, 2017 @ 6 PM
Cheasty Lantern Walk, 2017
WHEN: Saturday, November 4th at 6:00 PM
WHERE: Start at Central Park in Rainier Vista, End at S Alaska Pl steps to Mt. View.
WHAT: Cheasty Annual Lantern Walk
See the flyer below for more details.
Will You Be Mine: Cheasty Community Restoration Event
Saturday, February 4, 10 AM to 12 PM. Join us for a restoration party and watch your children enjoy nature and participate in special activities.… read more
#OptOutside : Will you go out with us?
#OptOutside for Cheasty and turn Black Friday into Green Friday! We are joining REI outside, far from the flourescent aisles, to plant trees in Cheasty Greenspace and then travel to Duthie Hill in Issaquah to ride mountain bikes together.
WHAT: #OptOutside 2016, build community, restore the woods, envision the future
WHEN: Black … read more
Candy Cane & Clementine Hunt: Saturday, December 3 @ 10 AM
It is time for our annual Candy Cane & Clementine Hunt! Bring your little ones (and a gathering bag) to Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View for a woodland hunt for seasonal delights. For ages 5 and under.
WHAT: Candy Cane & Clementine Hunt
WHERE: Cheasty Greenspace at Mountain View
WHEN: Saturday, December 3 @ … read more
Third Annual Lantern Walk! Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 @ 5 PM
Come to the Third Annual Lantern Walk on Saturday, November 5, 2016.
As days get shorter and nights grow longer, we gather and walk together carrying lanterns to celebrate the bright spirit of our community. Led by music, we will walk as a group through New Rainier Vista, cross S. Columbian Way, and walk … read more
Cheasty Project Update
Hi friends, Seattle Parks and Recreation recently updated the Cheasty Project Site. Have a read if you want to get an update on the project.
The Cheasty Mountain Bike and Pedestrian Trail Pilot Project will provide recreational opportunities for families and neighbors to access nature
FCGMV Press Release: SEPA
Friends of Cheasty Greenspace/Mt.View (FCGMV) Move Forward with the Design Process for the Cheasty Mountain Bike/Pedestrian Trail Pilot (01/28/16)
The Friends of Cheasty Greenspace/Mt. View (FCGMV), the community organization behind the Cheasty Mountain Bike/Pedestrian Trail Pilot Project, continue to move forward with the trail design process by gathering necessary environmental data. The recent SEPA DNS … read more
Message to Supporters
Dear Supporters:
We deeply appreciate the tremendous energy and dedication in this community to work towards equitable nature access in Southeast Seattle. Working together, we have made great progress in the restoration of Cheasty Greenspace, weathered years of public meetings, and kept the dream alive. We grow with the strength of our shared vision for … read more
Candy Cane Clementine Hunt, Dec. 5 @ 10 AM
The annual Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View Candy Cane and Clementine Hunt is on December 5 at 10 AM! Bring your little ones and a gathering bag to Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View for a woodland hunt for seasonal delights. For ages 5 and under.
S Alaska Pl Staircase Recommended for Funding!
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has recommended that the City Council provide FCGMV with a Neighborhood Park & Street Fund in order to complete the staircase and landscaping at the South Alaska Place street end! This project will be done in partnership with Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle Department … read more
Facebook Posts
Load moreGreat group loving on our neighborhood woods today!
Woah is that a bike in there? Got me excited for a second...
If you’ve been walking the trails in Cheasty and have noticed the numerous dead western red cedars, this will help explain what is going on.Hi folks--I have a few things to talk with you about over the next few day. First up I have a forest health alert for you. How many of you are seeing dead western redcedars like this? Probably all of you if you're paying attention. What's going on? This appears to be mortality from cumulative drought stress. Our trees are highly stressed from repeated summers of record heat and drought. Western redcedar has low drought tolerance and so this species has been particularly hard-hit.
We are thinking that many of these trees actually died at the end of last summer when we hit a new record for days without rain. However, this was followed by a very wet winter and spring, so the trees stayed green. Once things began to heat up in May, the dead trees then rapidly dried out and turned brown such that now we can finally see the damage from last summer. This is why all these dead trees appeared so suddenly.
What should you do? Right now, there's nothing to do unless you need to remove a dead tree that is posing a hazard. I have some additional info to share with you about hemlocks and other drought stuff over the next few days. In the meantime, we should start thinking about learning to tolerate seeing more dead trees, as this is the cycle we are in right now. Be concerned? Yes. Panic? No.
Photo credit: Chuck Pettis from Whidbey Island
Have you tapped into the Wood Wide Web lately?
BBC Two
Here's how trees secretly talk to each other. 🌳😲
(via BBC World Service)
