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Home My WebLink AboutReg 2012-10-15 Item 7C - Color Duwamish Hill Preserve Walking GuideDuwamish Hill Preserve would not be here today if it wasn't for the positive collaborative efforts of many individuals and organizations. With gratitude the following are recognized: Friends of the Hill, Forterra (Cascade Land Conservancy), The City of Tukwila, Holly Taylor of Past Forward Northwest Cultural Services, 4Culture (King County Lodging Tax), Faster High School Drama Club, Interagency Committee for Outdoor Research, Land Conservation Fund (now the Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office), King Conservation District, King County Conservation Futures Fund, King County Landmarks & Heritage Commission, Muckleshoot Community Charity Fund, SAFECO, Seattle Police Athletic Association, The Boeing Company, Washington State Legislature— Capital. Budget Fund, y Culture (King County Lodging Tax), Alaska Copper, Ex Officio, King County Department of Natural Resources Waterworks Program, National Trust for Historic Preservation, REI, Sound Transit, Washington State Heritage Capital Projects Fund. Exceptional Thanks to the Duwamish Hill Preserve Management Team: Sean Albert, Brooke Alford, Nate Cormier, Robert Eaton, Rick Still, Hayes Sweeney, Holly Taylor For More information about the contents of this pamphlet please refer to the selected references; Acorn, John and Ian Sheldon. 2001. Bugs of Washington and Oregon. Vancouver (BC)! Lone Pine Publishing. Albert, Steve. 2008 Sept 8. Costate Romonesco Squash. (lowest to Table. (Internet' http/ eww.harvestwizard.comiaoo8lcglcostata romanesca_squash.hunl Daniels, Annie The story of, North Wind told to Leon Metcalf, June 4B, sgss, on the Muckleshoot Reservation. From tape Hy. Unpublished document from Holly Taylor. Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition. 000g. The Green-Duwamish River Map Connecting people with a diverse environment. Tukwila (WA): Printing Control Gilmore, Susan. 4001 Aug u. Histone house in the path of modern rail. Seattle Times. http:llcommunity. seattletimes.nwsouree.comfa rchivePdate=zaoao8as&slug=famrhouseoi Kozloff, Eugene N.1976. Plants andAnimals of the Pacific Norrhwest. Seattle:- University of Washington Press. Miller, Jay and VI tagseblu Hilbert, Saving Granny. ny. Unpublished document from Holly Taylor. Nesbitt, Elizabeth A. sage. Marine fauna of the middle Eocene Tukwila formation, King County. Washington Geology 26:13.19. http:ljwww. rrotthsoundpra i ries. org/ Paulson, Dennis. 1ggg. Dragonflies of Washington. Seattle: Seattle Audubon Society Pyle, Robert Michael. aooz. The Butterflies of Cascadia. Seattle. Seattle Audubon Society Pyle, Robert Michael. iggo. Handbook for butterjty watchers. BostonlN ew York: Houghton Mifflin CO. Reinartz, Kay. sggz_ Tukwila, Community at the Crossroads. Tukwila (WA): The City of Tukwila. Storm, Robert M and William P Leonard eds.1995. Reptiles of Washington and Oregon. Seattle: Seattle Audubon Society. Wechsler, Stewart 2007. Poverty Hill species list and restoration recommendatr0ns. Unpublished records and personal communlcatlon (maao April a) Wing, Warren. sgg6. To Tacoma by Tradey: The Puget Sound Electric Railway. Edmunds: Washington Pacific Fast Mail BENCH BACK NOTES Interpretive design and illustration by Mette Hanson, M.S. Metal etching and finishing by Grant Peltekian, Precision Engraving Additional metal work by Ballard Sheet Metal Works TUKWILA r,kw & RECREATION DUWAM1SH HILL PRESERVE Welcome to Duwamish Hill Preserve! This pamphlet will help guide you through the unique history of this special place. As you walk through the park you will notice locally quarried sandstone benches, the bench backs touch on the history of this site as well as the unique topography beneath your feet! We hope you enjoy this park and ask that you help protect it by removing litter should you encounter it; leave all natural and native objects in their place; and report concerns to the Tukwila Parks and Recreation Department at 206-767-2342. Please return this pamphlet to the receptacle for others to enjoy if you do not wish to keep it. Thank you! Interurban: Interurban (a.k,a. Puget Sound Electric Railway) featured on this bench is modeled after car No. 53.2, It I I2 1929 • In at Dveramsh • 1.50 to nrin • a -gids faun,, prcrdwe corm was built by the St Louis Car Company in 3.go7 and used until the end. The map shows selected stops serviced by the lnterurban along with the historic paths of the Duwamish and black Rivers. Geology: Illustrations depict fossil species found at the Duwamish Hill site. Sorry, no common names, but note that all three of the tapered spiral fossils on the left are the fun -to -say "Turritelia uvosono"mentioned In the bench copy. The lustration accurately depicts the relative sizes of the different fossils (yes, the tiny Venericardia and huge one are the same species—just different ages). The" 0"s are cross- sections ofOenra[ium. Representative species from the Burke Museum were used as models In consultation with Dr. Liz Nesbitt. rullron years ages • bekcne Mount Ramer • crop col chrome • ancien; rrunne ire let its mark riwrftola Agriculture / Italian Immigrants: This bench features the historic Carosino House, which i5 slated to be demolished. It was home to many Italian immigrants who labored at Duwamish Gardens, which included part of what is now the Duwamish Htll Preserve. A couple of typical crops are featured including an heirloom Italian squash likely to have been planted- at this time (Costota romanesca). The game of bocce (balls featured here) was a relaxing weekend pastime at the farm, as evidenced by a bocce scoreboard still hanging from a tree near the house in zoo2. Habitat: Species typical of the rocky bald habitat are depicted from left to right including: red -flowering currant (Ribessonguineum); small camas (Comossra quamash); ma drone (Arbutus menziesiil, Alaska rein -orchid (Plperie unalascensis); taper -tip onion Af(kum acuminatum, and northern alligator lizard (figaria coerulea), Loiter the gapers • fragile & rare redo, ball habui • coma bulth dr e newe people • madronrs 5 a&gator liavds prosper R esto rat 1 Q n : Habitat restoration is a slow process with hours of human labor. Wind and wildlife are essential to the process too, pollinating flowers and spreading seeds. On the left is serviceberry (Amelanchlerafnlyolia), about to be pollinated by a bumblebee (Samlws sp). The berries are food for birds, which give wings to the seeds. The winddispersed seeds floating across the bench back are from cutleaf silverpuffs (Microseris laclnlata). A silvery blue butterfly (Gfaucopsyche lygdamus) alights an a lupine leaf—its larval host. The adults sip nectar from a variety of flowers including camas. As the habitat recovers, we hope this butterfly, along with others from nearby populations, will return to this site. 'Watershed: Species featured in this bench include baldhip rose (Rosa gymnocarpa), a river atter (Lutm canadense) and young salmon fry, distinguished by the vertical "parr marks" that offer camouflage before they head out to the ocean, Epic of t h e W i n d 5 ; This bench interprets highlights from South Puget Sound Salish stories, the "Epic of the Winds." Included are the Lush ootseed words for North Wind, ""and South Wind, ""along with mountain beaver tracks, The image of Grandmothers basket was modeled after a cattail basket woven (and selected for this hen -h) by Duwamish Tribal Council member, I' -'S 'sYl••'t�ti.. r: . ,.t MaryLou Slaughter. Sky: The dragonflies featured on this bench are variegated meadowhawks (Sympetrum corruptum). Although the larvae develop underwater and breeding adults are typically found in wet areas, at other times the adults can be found flying far from water. Large numbers of this species may be seen migrating south in the fall. Also featured is an osprey (Pandion halkretus) catching a thermal along with a Boeing airplane. now • Mier etarnng wur4v c*row e aI J nn e1i-y • bray slues above • Yant ❑,prey Win to rill n+ die Duwamish beb