It would be better managed by a lumber company and gates like Cambell Global like the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River were you have to get a permit access. I hate to say it but it’s much better, I have lived in the Snoqualmie Valley for 60 years and I have been on most of the trails in the area and all of the logging roads from the pass, rattlesnakes ridge, north and middle fork river valleys clear to Monroe and the forest industry does a lot better job. I won’t go up the middle fork anymore, it’s like a zoo now. These areas need to be limited of how many people at one time can access them and if they have to sign a contract and pay a modest fee, people are more accountable. And I’m not saying it should all be logged, leave the old growth alone but use the valuable areas that already been logged. It only takes 30 to 40 to harvest lumber now and streams, wetlands, rivers and lakes are protected.
As a teenager, we traveled that area many times and it was definitely in "serious decline". I can hardly believe the transformation --- quite amazing. Thank you to all who have vision for a future like this!
I go up there about 4 times a week as I live pretty close. It is still vey beautiful and the trails I have been on were well maintained. I saw numerous new bridges and wood walk ways constructed. What particular trial is Bad? I would love to take a look at it.
Nantucket in the northwest? Maybe if you are on Riviera Place in Seattle. Even when this estate was designed and built it didn't respond to local taste let alone being responsive to it's surroundings and the vernacular of place. Not to bum anyone out but this incredible, and expensive home could attempt redemption by addressing the shoreline. It looks artificial from the water and from the shore. What would be wrong with leaving enough room for the wedding tent but also give an access point to the shore and bring back the eel grass and other shore vegetation. I think many visitors would be impressed. I know I would be. And where do I anchor my sailboat, not mine you know, but someone's and ride the zodiac to shore and back?
You can tell this was a older couple and were probably birds who flew south for the winter and didnt care. Plus a bulkhead is sought after by many buyers and it doesn't lead too beach erosion.
