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Trail Work with Onlineshoes.com in West Seattle

Monday, June 14th, 2010

On June 13th, KEEN and Onlineshoes.com joined forces for their third annual trail work party along the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail. The work party was organized by the Green Seattle Partnership.

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Longfellow Creek is a three mile waterway running south to north through the Delridge Valley in West Seattle and emptying into the Duwamish River at the head of Elliott Bay. The Longfellow Creek watershed is almost 3000 acres in size. Longfellow is one of only four natural waterways left within the Seattle City limits that remains free flowing. Learn more at www.longfellowcreek.org.

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KEEN Employee Service Day

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

On Friday, July 10th KEEN employees participated in a company service day with Hybrid.Care partners the Conservation Alliance and Forest Park Conservancy. Together with six other Portland area companies KEEN employees took part in trail restoration and invasive species removal in Portland’s Forest Park resulting in:

  • 3 damaged trail signs replaced
  • 1.15 miles of routine trail maintenance performed( brushing out, regraded and drainages cleaned)
  • 2 turnpikes recrowned
  • .35 miles of of old trail  opened and reconstructed
  • Stepping stones placed and anchored for stream crossing
  • 150 native trees cleared of invasives
  • 42 volunteers

Watch this slideshow of photos…

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