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Thornton Creek News Archive
Compton
Aquatic Habitat Initiative Passes Council
11/10/04 Seattle City Council
The City Council today passed a Resolution establishing the Aquatic Habitat Matching
Grant program, similar to the popular Neighborhood Matching Fund. This new grant
program will provide money to Seattle citizens, property owners, and organizations
for projects that protect streams and improve fish habitat.
Thornton
Creek plan unveiled at meeting
03/04 Seattle Sun
It looks like a creek, has year-round flow like a creek, and allows for fish
passage, should any salmon be ambitious enough to swim all the way from Lake
Washington to Northgate.
Homewaters
Project links classroom with natural world
01/04 Seattle Sun
On a recent drizzly Seattle morning, a 50-foot section of Thornton Creek in Meadowbrook
became a classroom for a dozen fourth- and fifth-graders.
Seattle
Parks Preserves Thornton Creek Site
08/15/03 Seattle Parks and Recreation
Seattle Parks and Recreation has signed an agreement to purchase a half-acre
property along the South Branch of Thornton Creek. The site is near Northgate,
next to Thornton Creek Park #6 on the south side of NE 105th Street, between
5th Avenue NE and 8th Avenue NE, and is traversed by about 140 linear feet of
the creek.
Initiative
up a creek after ruling by judge
07/31/03 The Seattle Times
A King County Superior Court judge yesterday threw the "Save Seattle Creeks
Initiative" (I-80) off the Sept. 16 ballot, agreeing with City Attorney
Tom Carr and developers that the initiative conflicts with state law.
City
seeks to block Creeks initiative
07/03 Seattle Sun
On the eve of its campaign kickoff, the environmental group Yes For Seattle
got sued by the City in an attempt to keep Initiative 80 off the Sept.
16 primary
election ballot. The initiative would require property owners to "daylight" creeks
when they build on parcels containing piped or culverted watercourses. It would
also mandate creek restoration on City-owned properties.
Creek
Initiative Finds Foes in Developers, Realtors, City
06/20/03 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle's city attorney yesterday joined Realtors, developers and the Port of
Seattle in filing suit to stop a voter initiative intended to restore creeks
and salmon populations in the Puget Sound area.
Thornton
Creek Alliance Draft Letter Re: Northgate
05/09/03 Thornton Creek Alliance
Read the proposed letter to the mayor expressing TCA concerns about elements
of the Northgate Mall Development Agreement.
Up
a creek? Couple asks court for changes to old-age home
02/14/03 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
An appearance by Mickey Rooney is scheduled for the upcoming open house
at Aegis of Shoreline, and tours of the nearly built, full-service retirement
home will highlight its many amenities. What likely won't be mentioned
is that next month a King County judge could order Aegis Assisted Living
to tear down creekside portions of the facility.
Victory
for Thornton Creek
02/03 Seattle Sun
A King County Superior Court judge has ordered a builder to halt construction
of a home in a protected buffer area around Thornton Creek in the City
of Shoreline.
Compromise
called for on creeks issue
01/07/03 The Seattle Times
The Municipal League of King County has waded into Seattle's creek debate
and concluded that the City Council should craft a hybrid between the
populist Initiative 80 and the mayor's more business-friendly alternative
proposal.
Thornton
Creek Project Fall 2002 Newsletter
Fall 2002 Thornton Creek Project
The latest news from the Thornton Creek Project (soon to be known as the
Homewaters Project). The TCP is an educational nonprofit organization
located in the Thornton Creek watershed.
Still
covering the creeks
11/02 Seattle Sun
Controversy over a newly-covered section of ditch on NE 110th Street,
just east of Lake City Way, has the City taking a harder look at the water
that flows through it, trying to decide if it's a creek or just stormwater.
Birdies
fly over Jackson Park
10/02 Seattle Sun
Early Monday, September 9, a flock of Seattle Public Utilities employees,
Seattle Parks employees, Thornton Creek advocates, and Seattle Golf members
ascended on the grassy meadows of Jackson Park golf course in Haller Lake
to dedicate the construction of two new detention ponds.
Court
ruling on Thornton Creek: it's drainage
09/02 Seattle Sun
On Aug. 13, a Washington State Court of Appeals upheld a City Hearing
Examiner's decision that the water piped under Northgate Mall's south
parking lot does not meet the legal definition of a creek for the purposes
of placing it on the Northgate General Development Plan's maps.
Creek
initiative launched
07/02 Seattle Sun
If voted into law, the measure would use a carrot-and-stick approach to
get developers to restore, and in some cases daylight, the area's many
creeks, including Piper's, Ravenna and Thornton in North Seattle.
Creekside
lot to become park
07/02 Seattle Sun
Several dozen people gathered last month to celebrate the vision of Rudi
Kartess, a longtime homeowner who lived on a wooded two-acre lot at 11735
36th Ave. NE.
New
open spaces along Thornton Creek proposed
06/02 Seattle Sun
If all goes as planned, the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department will
soon add two more pieces of open space to the shores of Thornton Creek,
with an opportunity to improve a third existing site.
Judge
Stops Construction on Thornton Creek
05/23/02 The Seattle Press
The salmon of Thornton Creek have gained another reprieve, thanks to the
diligent watchfulness of Patty and Tim Crawford. Building has again been
halted at the intersection of 150th Street and First Avenue NE.
Plans
for Northgate's South Lot: Up in the Air or Up the Creek?
04/25/02 The Seattle Press
Strolling across Northgate's south parking lot, shoppers pass over what
used to Thornton Creek and what many hope will be a new urban center and
park. Will it ever return to the creekside park it once was?
Why
save urban streams?
04/02 Seattle Sun
Why should we try to save our urban streams like Thornton Creek and the
salmon in them? Some "experts" say that it is a lost cause;
urban streams like Thornton Creek are too far-gone to try to recover.
Thornton
Creek: a creek assaulted
04/02 Seattle Sun
Earth Day provides an opportunity to take a step back to look at the health
of a natural ecosystem right in Lake City's own backyard: the Thornton
Creek Watershed. While progress has been made since the Thornton Creek
Alliance and other groups started restoration efforts as early as 1993,
there is still much that can be done. In fact, it almost seems we have
taken a step backward in some cases.
Lake
City's Balancing Act: Fitting a wildlife habitat into the middle of a
city
02/28/02 The Seattle Press
Thornton Creek meanders through 11 miles of public and private property
from its headwaters in Shoreline to Matthews Beach, where it empties into
Lake Washington.
City
Drops Ball; County Encourages Sprawl
1/03/02 The Seattle Press
King County has signed an agreement to buy nearly a third of Simon Properties'
Northgate South Lot.
Creek
activists make their pitch for South Lot
10/01 Jet City Maven
Two citizens groups that have been waging a several-year battle, including
legal action, to daylight a section of Thornton Creek that currently flows
under the Northgate Mall South Parking Lot have come up with a plan they
believe would satisfy their aim as well as the City's goal of building
a community library and a private developer's plans to build a multifamily
affordable housing project.
Northgate
South Lot in Limbo
09/27/01 The Seattle Press
A creek runs through it, but will area residents ever see it? An update
on the status of the South Parking Lot at Northgate Mall.
Stream
Bug Sampling in Seattle Streams
09/13/01 Urban Creeks Legacy Program
Explore the principles of biological monitoring and receive hands-on training
to get ready to sample local streams in September. Commit to a location
and attend both workshops, then plan to sample for approximately 4 hours
on a Saturday.
Thornton
Creek activists win important victory
07/01 Jet City Maven
Community activists' efforts to restore the Thornton Creek Watershed as
a fish habitat throughout Northeast Seattle received a big boost in court
this past month regarding a property just north of the Seattle City limits.
Judge
Shuts Down Aegis Construction on Thornton Creek
06/22/01 The Seattle Press
"It's a shutdown!" declared Superior Court Judge John Erlick June 19,
blocking Aegis corporation from any further work on a three-story, 100,000-square-foot
assisted living facility on the banks of Thornton Creek in Shoreline.
Judge
Blocks Building in Creek Buffer in Shoreline
04/18/01 The Seattle Press
On April 11, Superior Court Judge David Erlich blocked Aegis Corporation
and the City of Shoreline from proceeding with construction of an assisted
living facility on the banks of Thornton Creek.
City:
"Absolutely No Trails on Private Land"
04/18/01 The Seattle Press
"Absolutely no plans are being considered by the City of Seattle for putting
public trails on private property along Thornton Creek," according to
Denise Andrews, Urban Creek Coordinator for Seattle Public Utilities.
Workshop
offers advice on 'creekside living'
04/01 Jet City Maven
Nathan Hale High School's cafeteria served as the site for a Seattle Public
Utilities-sponsored workshop on "Creekside Living."
Creekside
Owners Protective Association formed
04/01/01 Creekside Owners Protective Association
On March 29th at Little Lake City Hall, concerned Thornton Creek property
owners and neighbors gathered to formally create a new organization, to
be known as the Creekside Owners Protective Association.
Creekside
Homeowners Fear Trail Plans
03/22/01 The Seattle Press
Creekside property owners in the Thornton Creek watershed are banding
together to head off potential public trails through their backyards.
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Family Sues Shoreline to Save Salmon
03/22/01 The Seattle Press
A Shoreline family has gone to court to try to stop damage to the buffer
zone along Thornton Creek--a designated salmon stream--caused by construction
of a nursing home.
Thornton
Creek Habitat Threatened by Development
03/07/01 The Seattle Press
A Shoreline family has gone to court to try to stop destruction of the
buffer zone along Thornton Creek, caused by construction of a nursing
home overlooking the creek.
SPU Dye Testing Alarms Thornton
Creek Neighbors
01/25/01 NortheastSeattle.com
Many residents along the lower portions of Thornton Creek saw the creek
turn bright green last Tuesday morning.
Northgate
Resident Recognized for Thornton Creek Action
01/24/01 The Seattle Press
Bob Vreeland, a Northgate-area resident, has been named one of Washington's
five Environmental Heroes by the Washington Environmental Council (WEC)
for his efforts to daylight Thornton Creek.
Wildlife
Report
12/13/00 The Seattle Press
Beavers on the Lake Washington Ship Canal and developers on the North
Fork of Thornton Creek.
Thornton
Creek Watershed Characterization Report
11/00 Thornton Creek Watershed Management Committee
This report presents background information about the Thornton Creek watershed.
It is the first step in developing a Watershed Action Plan that will guide
actions by government agencies, citizens and businesses to: reduce non-point
source pollution, protect biological resources and preserve, enhance and
restore fish and wildlife habitat
Pro-Salmon
preservation groups sue Northgate Mall
11/00 Jet City Maven
Two citizens groups, the Thornton Creek Legal Defense Fund and the Waste
Action Project, have teamed up to bring a federal lawsuit against Northgate
Mall's owners, Simon Property Group, over what the groups say are the
impacts of the shopping center's stormwater on threatened Chinook salmon
in nearby Thornton Creek.
Thornton
Creek Watershed: The Effects of Urbanization On Stormwater Flows
Fall 2000 Landscape Architecture 504 - Regional Landscape Planning,
U of W
Through time, increased development has caused dramatic changes in the
Thornton Creek Watershed. Before the effects of urbanization on the watershed
can be reduced, it is important to understand the changes that have taken
place.
Otter
and Spawning Salmon Sighted in Thornton Creek
10/18/00 The Seattle Press
An otter has been sighted on the north fork of Thornton Creek recently,
and spawning coho salmon have also been seen recently in the area, which
is on the west side of I-5.
Northgate
Mall Threatened With Lawsuit For Abusing Thornton Creek
10/18/00 The Seattle Press
Simon Properties Group, which recently abandoned its plans to develop
the South parking lot of Northgate Mall rather than continue to battle
environmentalists' objections, may face further legal troubles connected
to the creek.
Park
boosters seeking big investment
10/10/00 Seattle P-I
Proposition 1 pits a range of groups against apartment association.
Northgate
Developer Abandons South Parking Lot Project
10/4/00 The Seattle Press
Simon Property Group announced September 28 it was shelving its plans
to build a huge new complex of offices, stores, theaters and apartments
on the five-acre site, and is putting the property up for sale.
Northgate
expansion site is put up for sale
9/28/00 Seattle PI
Mall's owner asks $25 million for the lawsuit-mired, 13-acre parcel on
Thornton Creek.
How
to Rebuild Fish Habitat in Urban Creeks
9/6/00 The Seattle Press
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is conducting a habitat survey of several
city creeks to determine where good fish habitat exists and what needs
to be done to preserve and expand it.
Dam
fine family builds a following
7/17/00 The Seattle Times
When Seattle Public Utilities opened the Thornton Creek floodwater-holding
facility in June 1998, beavers were among the many animals that found
a home in Meadowbrook Pond.
Project
may be up a creek; judge says there is one there
5/19/00 The Seattle Times
Yes, Virginia, there is a creek under Northgate Mall's south parking lot.
Home
cleaner suspected in creek fish kill
5/3/00 The Seattle Times
State Department of Ecology investigators think a homeowner's concrete
cleaner may have accidentally killed fish in Thornton Creek in northeast
Seattle.
As
once-forgotten creeks make a comeback, Seattle considers its values
4/16/00 The Seattle Times
Seattle residents are paying a special drainage tax to resuscitate their
streams. One measure of success will be the reestablishment of salmon.
Learning
from Thornton Creek: Students tackle salmon issue
4/1/00 The Jet City Maven
The Thornton Creek Project, an initiative led by local public and private
school educators, community members and businesses, held their fourth
annual "Confluence" event, March 27, at Shoreline Center.
Sierra
Club Backs Thornton Creek Activists
3/8/00 The Seattle Press
The Sierra Club has declared daylighting Thornton Creek to be one of their
top priorities in the Seattle area.
Restoration
urged for Thornton Creek
2/16/00 The Seattle Times
Thornton Creek is at the center of a legal dispute holding up expansion
of Northgate Mall.
