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Tracy Banaszynski

@tracyforkenmore.bsky.social
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She/Her 🙋‍♀️ 🏳️‍🌈 Fierce advocate for healthy habitat for salmon and affordable housing for people. City of Kenmore Planning Commission Chair. 🐟🏡🪑

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 12h
Shade at bus stops, street trees for all, and more parks near you so you don't have to drive somewhere to touch grass/sit under shady trees with friends - let's go!!!!
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 10h
You can register for the event at this link: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/... We would love to see you there! Warmly, Tracy
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Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group · Salmon Shindig 2026 RSVP
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 10h
Tickets are $100 each, but if there are folks who are excited about attending and cannot afford that ticket price please let me know. We have a limited number of discounted tickets.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 10h
Whether you can attend or not, it would be a great help if you spread the word to anyone you know who cares about Puget Sound salmon recovery. We are always open to new friends!
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 10h
This is our annual fundraiser where we will share our accomplishments for the year and celebrate the amazing staff, partners, and community members who make this work possible.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 10h
If you are seeing this, you are invited to Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group's Salmon Shindig on October 15th from 6-9 p.m. at Leif Ericson Hall (2245 NW 57th St) in Ballard!
Collage of pictures with people and tools and salmon and plants. Also a piece of artwork with a salmon tail fin.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is so heavy. I'm so sorry Mama Tsuchi. My heart aches for you 💔
kuow.org
Another grieving orca mom carries dead calf on her nose off Washington state
Whale researchers spotted the female orca carrying a tiny carcass through the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Saturday.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Salmon share our future: We both need clean water. Your actions make a difference and connect our communities! Watch (3:29) to be inspired to action 🐟👬🏞️❤️
youtube.com
We Live in the Salmon's World
YouTube video by PugetSoundStartsHere
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Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Unfortunately, Bob also cut the hatchery budget quite a bit since taking office. So there aren’t any extra fish.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NO. WTF. NOT OKAY.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hot girls don’t expect sick ferry workers to return to work immediately. In fact, hot girls want ferry workers to take care of themselves.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So true
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is one of the reasons I love salmon so much. They are amazing connectors and teachers, if you get curious about them. Also @ecocityaction.org is amazing! Highly recommend their events!
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Watch from 3m 53s to 6m 33s. Or the whole thing if you want. But 3m 53s to 6m 33s, so much this. Yes to dignity as a universal right. This is not a difficult concept.
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Zohran Blows Theo Von's Mind With Socialism
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
May these be the first dominoes that knock down all the rest. Corporations are not people!
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 02/10/2026
Salmon are the best of us
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hello my fish friend! I'm glad to see you 🐟😍
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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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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
End war. Pay the people who feed us a wage that allows flourishing instead of barely surviving.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UGH
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can confirm
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They very well could, yes.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
inconsistencies and potential legal liabilities; and we can update each element only once each cycle or something about timing and have to take them as they are assigned to us. None of it makes sense to me, it is frustrating, and it leads to bad outcomes, because we have to live too much in the past
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is a very good question, variations of which I have asked City of Kenmore staff many times. The most common answers I have gotten are that we can’t make adjustments in one area of the comp plan while not considering all other areas the change might affect, because they could create
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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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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Yes and I’m given to believing in love I’ve written the word in my blood And I perch on a shelf of the K2 Made of the believers that love Opens the fist just enough for a hand To slip into the hand" -Elbow (K2)
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K2
YouTube video by Elbow - Topic
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Burien Cat Lady 🇵🇸 @buriencatlady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Feeling a little raw tonight after the second night in a row of mass, coordinated abductions in the south end. ICE is terrorizing my community. I am exhausted and everyone I know is exhausted and we nowhere near done fighting back. This is our city, not the fascists’.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Very warm toward house spiders until the cold turn at the end. Goodness.
livescience.com
Is It OK to Throw House Spiders Outside?
Is moving a spider outside an act of compassion, or a death sentence?
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
‼️‼️‼️
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I REALLY NEED TO KNOW. SERIOUSLY. SPEAK UP, WHOEVER YOU ARE!
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is a policy choice, and it is wrong. Full stop.
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 18/09/2026
🥹🥹🥹 End car dependency. For the salmon, for the orcas, the kids, and the mermaids.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Everyone deserves a home. And everyone deserves a place to be. Love your neighbors ❤️
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This little one is everything
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Coho return to the Lake Washington/Lake Sammamish basin is low 🐟🐼
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Sept. 15, 2026

Salmon fishing to close in Lake Washington
Action: Closes salmon fishing.

Effective dates: Sept. 16, 2026, until further notice.

Species affected: Coho salmon.

Location: Lake Washington (King County) north of Highway 520 Bridge and east of Montlake Bridge, including that portion of the Sammamish River near Kenmore from the 68th Avenue NE Bridge downstream.

Reason for action: In-season fishery data based on fish counts at the Ballard Locks indicates the coho return to the Lake Washington/Lake Sammamish basin is smaller than forecasted. This rule change is necessary to help ensure broodstock and natural spawning goals are reached.

Additional information: Preliminary salmon counts taken at the Ballard Locks during survey hours are available on WDFW’s Lake Washington salmon counts webpage.

Fishery managers encourage anglers to sign up for Fishing Rule Change email notifications and to check for emergency rules on the WDFW website before fishing. Refer to the Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet for current regulations. Download the Fish Washington® mobile app to stay up to date on the go.

Information contact: North Puget Sound Region, 425-775-1311.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A gift 💝
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This makes me cry. Look up, people, please.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
See fish in the last stages of their amazing lifecycle and meet cool people! Link to RSVP in the post below.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Salmon 🐟
Felt spawning sockeye salmon (red body, green head) with green stitching attaching body and head. Adult spawning salmon (red body, green head) with detail stitching and bead eyes. The two sides will be stitched together and stuffed. Right now they are separate and look like two salmon swimming in opposite directions.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Billionaires are unethical, and Elon Musk is Exhibit A. Tax them all. End every law and close every loophole that makes this grotesque hoarding of resources possible. We can do this. There are more of us than them.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I will be thinking of you and hoping for a smooth recovery and best outcomes! And I’m looking forward to the Daily Plover’s triumphant return. Thank you for keeping the light on at that place — it brings so much joy to the world in a dark time. So needed!
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Feels like a good day to say FUCK ICE. SO — FUCK ICE. I am ashamed of this country.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What if everyone could rest on Labor Day?
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thank you for feeding us ❤️
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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today's reminder that climate change endangers our health. It doesn't endanger us equally. Folks with lower income, older folks, folks with pre-existing conditions are way more vulnerable to extreme heat. www.npr.org/2026/09/07/n...
npr.org
'Her body temperature was 106': How heat is killing Americans in their homes
Heat kills thousands of people across the U.S. every year. The risk is especially high for the millions of Americans who live in manufactured housing like mobile homes and trailers.
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Amy Probably @socklessinseattle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hey y’all don’t forget about Salmon Stroll 2.0 Add to your calendars now
A collage with text saying See Salmon Run. Then a photo of a salmon underwater. Text underneath it reads October 11
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I think I am so old that I missed it lol
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
😳
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
❤️
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You really do have to pay close attention. And I love that your take is both take no prisoners and kind and gentle at the same time. Not may people can hold two seemingly opposing feelings about a situation like that ❤️
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