KEEN Connects: Relishing the fall season
There’s a lot of dissatisfaction around. Personal, professional, political, whatever. Part of it for me is that I’m not ready for the end...
KEEN Connects: Reflecting on a fun summer for KEEN
Summer passes by so quickly sometimes that we fail to fully appreciate it. However, this summer was tough on many levels. Fires...
KEEN Connects: The Trees in Our Lives
Trees are always on my mind. As a kid, I climbed a lot of them. I suppose the love affair began with that. Most of us know the forests of...
KEEN Connects: What's going on outside in Kittitas County this summer
KEEN connects us living in Kittitas county to the environment through the hosting of community events throughout the year. Events such as...
KEEN Connects: The effect of camps on growing up
I remember three distinct moments from my five summers at camp. I was 11 during my first summer, new to the camp experience and ready for...
KEEN Connects: Accommodating growth while protecting what we love
If you value and want to preserve the earth, where would you choose to live to make the least impact? A rural area or an urban area?...
The Shrub-Steppe
Shrub-steppe communities form the iconic western landscape of open sagebrush plains, rim rock, and tumbleweeds. The shrub-steppe is a...
Winter fair brought community together for the environment
On Jan. 28, local businesses and special-interest groups gathered at the Hal Holmes Center to interact with our community on subjects of...
KEEN Connects: Gratitude for our Place in the World
As much as I do it to educate others, I work with KEEN to educate myself about the environment. We live in a very special place. The...
KEEN Connects: Healthy Communities Have Ecological Integrity
In the Kittitas Valley, we are losing our ecological services. Our native pollinators are in decline, our soils are becoming compacted...
