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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 29/09/2026

Come to Pinehurst Station opening this Wednesday & tell us what you want to see at Jackson Park! We can absolutely do better than a fenced off golf course that cuts off access to TWO light rail stations. (If you can't make it, you can always take our online survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...)

Poster of preferred "Jackson" Park uses that you will be able to add dot stickers to vote on!

Possible uses include picnic area, playground, bball court, vball court, trails, spray park, sports field, dog park, skate park, pool, outdoor stage, public restroom, and blank spaces for you to fill out!

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 27/09/2026

A fun week ahead! Sep 30 - Come collect reforest Jackson Park/affordable Talaris stickers at Pinehurst station opening :) Oct 1 - Hang out with @transittrekker.bsky.social on Maury Island! bsky.app/profile/tran... Oct 4 - Ride the bus with us to Issaquah Salmon Days! partiful.com/e/vcd9TBQyKy...

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 24/09/2026

The Cedar River provides about 70% of the total inflow of water into Lake Washington. It helps keep the lake clean, the floating bridges/light rail afloat, & the Ballard Locks operating. In short, Cedar River is doing the most. Come experience its majesty and power and SALMON with us on Oct 11th!

Picture of the Cedar River flowing under the Renton Library at twilight

Picture of 2025 winter Cedar River flooding below the Renton Library.

Side note: I went there to experience the flooding during this time and you could hear the river super loud from the library beams! And the librarian said they were there when there was a super huge log that ran into the library beams earlier that week! WHOA

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 23/09/2026

70% of Seattle's water comes from the protected Cedar River Municipal Watershed. Rain falls onto this protected forested land and gets filtered before going into the Cedar River and being diverted to Seattle taps - resulting in some of the cleanest, most delicious water tap water in the country!

Map of Cedar River Municipal Watershed, which is east of Renton and Kent, in the Issaquah Alps

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 20/09/2026

Just got this awesome gift!! Let’s go ID some plants together!!

Newest version of the book Plants of the Pacific Coast by Pojar, MacKinnon, Joseph (Sarawak), Fenneman

Bus interior in the background

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 19/09/2026

OMG this is the most beautiful Jimothy we have ever seen stoningtongallery.com/artwork/anom...

See https://stoningtongallery.com/artwork/anomaly-jimothy/ for description of Anomaly (Jimothy) artwork.

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 15/09/2026

We’re cohosting a meet up to go to Issaquah Salmon Days on Oct 4th! No educational presentations or talks 🤣 just impeccable transit, festival, salmon, and urbanist community vibes. Pics from when a bunch of us took the old 554 bus over in 2023. Love u 554 RSVP: partiful.com/e/vcd9TBQyKy...

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 13/09/2026

We’ll be at the Cedar River at Renton Library on Sunday October 11. Join us to experience the magical sights, sounds, and smells of salmon spawning! Yes, it does sometimes get very fishy. But that’s also the smell of an ecosystem being nourished by a keystone species. Yummm forms.gle/YLy21Ge1c33L...

Collage art - red background with words on top saying “something stinks” and a picture on top with a little girl holding her nose with a handkerchief

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 13/09/2026

We were told that “breeders”, which refers to spawning salmon, is also a term gay ppl use to refer to straight ppl, for example when “lamenting about something straight ppl do.” This led us to wonder whether salmon are really all straight. We’re not sure the answer BUT they can certainly be trans!

Friend: Hahaha. Breeders is what we call straight ppl. No not offensive. At most you’ll get some chuckle from gay ppl

Us: HAHAHHAHAHA wait that makes it even better

Friend: We might use the word breeders when lamenting about something straight ppl do

Is: OMG PERFEC [sic]

Friend: Or by asking if it’s like a gay event by asking if there will be any breeders

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 11/09/2026

We know what we need to do to recover salmon. Locally on the Cedar River (CR), restoration projects like Rainbow Bend and River Bend make a huge difference. Healthy juvenile salmon habitat is a big factor for CR salmon. In just 2 yrs after Rainbow Bend was done, baby Chinook at the site DOUBLED.

Map of the Riverbend and Rainbow Bend restoration sites along the Cedar River in Renton/Maple Valley

Aerial view with floodplain areas highlighted of the Riverbend, Rainbow Bend, Taylor Reach, and Royal Arch restoration sites along the Cedar River in Renton/Maple Valley

The Riverbend site, seen Tuesday from the air, looking downstream. The flood plain restoration project runs along the Cedar River, seen on the right, and along the Renton Maple Valley Road Southeast, at top left. A new side channel consists of engineered log jams. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 10/09/2026

Take a quick bus trip with us down to Renton to see salmon spawning in the Cedar River! In addition to hosting one of the biggest salmon runs in the lower 48, the Cedar River is also the City of Seattle's primary source of drinking water. Come learn more about where we get our drinking water🚰⛲💧

Collage art - red background with words on top saying "See salmon run - October 11" and a picture of a salmon in a shallow stream

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 09/09/2026

Salmon see-son is officially upon us!!! We're hosting our next salmon viewing event on Oct 11. Ride the 101 together from Seattle to Renton Library and Cedar River Park where we will get to see salmon making babies! RSVP here: forms.gle/GJ8JuAKSC9Mc...

Collage art - light purple background with a silvery salmon on top saying "come watch me die in Cedar River"

October 11 @ Renton Library

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 30/08/2026

We rode the last weekend @kingcountymetro.bsky.social Golden Gardens Direct bus this year to the wetland to learn from Beavers Northwest!

Waiting to board Golden Gardens Direct run by KCMetro!

People walking to golden gardens wetland along the beach. About a string of 20 people

About 20 people on a boardwalk bridge in the wetlands

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 29/08/2026

Big group of salmon and city enthusiasts learning about how the Locks and the cuts through Montlake and Fremont changed the hydrology and ecology of the city!

About 25 people gathered at the Chittenden locks

A group of about 25 people gathered to listen to Salmon Facts

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 23/08/2026

We will also stroll the beautiful gardens and picnic under these trees 🌳 🌲 Bring your own food or order Pagliacci’s together!

Walkway framed by trees on both sides with a picnic area on the left side that has a view of the canal. A couple of people are sitting in the picnic area.

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 23/08/2026

Are y'all ready to see all the fishies at the Ballard Locks next Saturday Aug 29?? HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK! Taken from the Locks just yesterday. Come for the fishies, stay for the immaculate happy kid vibes and incredible human experience of basking in the joy of watching wildlife together 🐟🥳

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 22/08/2026

“I can’t believe we got here by bus!” — an EcoCity Action motto

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 19/08/2026

Join us at the Ballard Locks on Aug 29 to see salmon and learn how we can help them! Spoiler alert: We need to restore their habitat by daylighting rivers, removing armoring, planting trees along the water. Aka turn private waterfronts and floodplains into restored public parks and salmon habitat!

Salmon collage saying salmon habitat “needs to improve” in the style of King County health inspection ratings on the left. A big silvery salmon is the on the right.

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 16/08/2026

2nd Ave closed to cars and turned into a huge urban skate and bike park today. Vibes were impeccable & the tricks were epic. Serious proposal: Close all the even numbered streets in Belltown and downtown to cars & turn them into skate parks, restored native plant habitat, dog parks, playgrounds.

2nd annual Belltown Bash on 2nd Ave, closed to cars and open to people. Many artists live painting beautiful murals including Ryan Hill’s completed painting of kraken eating Zuckerberg’s yacht in the Salish Sea with orcas helping. People are admiring the art and milling around or chilling sitting on the curb.

Several large bike ramps on 2nd Ave and a group of young men waiting to take turns biking on the ramps. Many spectators are watching the bikers.

Artists live painting murals on 2nd Ave closed to cars. People of all ages admire their work. Beautiful trees and high rises on both sides of the street frame the picture.

Many people spectating at the large skate ramps on 2nd Ave. A punk band is playing in the distance.

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 15/08/2026

Don’t forget to RSVP if you’re planning on coming to our August 29th Ballard Salmon Stroll (with a bonus of beaver, of course)! ecocityaction.org/events/qfqum...

Cute little salmon passing through the Ballard Locks viewing windows saying “I’m checking out Ballard”. Collage art by Amy

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 13/08/2026

The urban salmon are on the way home to their birth streams as we speak, passing through the Ballard Locks! Each fish is counted as they pass through. Let’s welcome them back together on Aug 29! RSVP and see details here: ecocityaction.org/events/qfqum...

Picture of a salmon with a heart and then the words “IS BACK!”. On a salmon colored background, of course

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 11/08/2026

A great way to help salmon in the PNW is by taking mass transit, which reduces carbon emissions and tire particles in the water. It's also fun :) So ride transit with us on August 29th to learn about salmon & beavers at the Ballard Locks & Golden Gardens! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A green and yellow King County metro bus, whose destination is "WE HEART SALMON"

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 08/08/2026

Join us on our August 29th Salmon Stroll in Ballard to examine the salmon and perceive-r the beavers! First, learn about the journey urban salmon take through the Ballard Locks. Then learn about beavers living at Golden Gardens! Everyone is welcome. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The words SALMON STROLL and AUGUST 29 are collaged on a dark green background. Below that is a collage of a silhouetted family looking at fish within what looks like a fish ladder

Agenda for SALMON STROLL.
11:00 - meet at Ballard locks
12:30 - lunchtime at Pagliacci
1:30 - bus to golden gardens
2:00 - beaver discussion and then hanging out!

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