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With Continued Gatherings in Parks, Mayor Announces Weekend Closure of 15 Largest Parks and Beaches and Urges People to Stay Home April 9, 2020 by Kyle Morrison Alki, Arboretum, Cal Anderson, Carkeek, Discovery, Gas Works, Green Lake, Golden Gardens, Kubota… Read More
Seattle Parks and Recreation closes additional park parking lots to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and encourage social distancing April 8, 2020 by Rachel Schulkin All SPR parking lots along Lake Washington Blvd, Stan Sayers Boat Ramp, Carkeek, Kubota,… Read More
The salmon volunteers are again this year operating the imprint pond at Carkeek Park. Salmon fry spend time in the imprint pond to “imprint” the characteristics of the water in Venema Creek. They return to spawn several years… Read More
The annual return of spawning salmon in Piper’s Creek at Carkeek Park has started. Local salmon stewards say that there are fewer returning salmon so far this season. But from now until mid December there will be some… Read More
Apply to the Jr. Naturalist Program at Carkeek Park or Camp Long! March 7, 2019 by Christina Hirsch EarthKeepers Nature Camp (Carkeek Park) and NatureQuest Nature Camp (Camp Long) are recruiting for Junior Naturalists to join their respective team of environmental educators… Read More
The Argosy Christmas Ships are cruising! An annual Seattle tradition, Argosy sponsors a string of festively-decorated boats that move from the Sound to Lake Union and out the Lake Washington. These boats stop to share their holiday cheer,… Read More
Pipers Homestead Orchard at Carkeek Park Celebrating 130 years! On January 28th, 1888 Andrew W “AW” Piper, an artist, German immigrant and Seattle Pioneer, filed a claim on 40 acres of freshly logged land 8 miles north of… Read More
The volunteers at Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project invite you to the event below. Join the volunteers at the Imprint Pond on Saturday, May 12 at 7:45 PM for our final salmon release of Spring 2018. 38,000 fish will be… Read More
This winter, 27 Big-Brained Super Heroes took a field trip to Carkeek Park to explore for the day. Big-Brained Super Heroes (BBSH) is an afterschool program at Yesler Community Center that motivates children in the Yesler community to… Read More
