The 'Seattle Field Guide' is your handbook by the water this summer

Hello, Maria.

Hello.

Hi, Catherine.

Hi, Katie.

Thanks for having us.

Thank you for being here, and thank you for giving me this field guide.

I needed something that broke down Seattle, like, by the season, 'cause the city changes so much throughout the year.

That's so true, and it's actually one of the reasons that we decided to write the book, because things are always changing, and what you can see at different seasons is always different.

The great thing is, though, you can go to any of these outings at any season.

We just really dove into one particular season with each one so we could highlight a particular natural history feature to let, get people excited about.

Well, job well done, I think.

So I, I remember moving to Seattle and being stunned by how beautiful it is and how much space is dedicated to parks and other natural spaces.

What is it about Seattle that made it this way?

Well, I think that people have always appreciated green spaces around Seattle, and one thing that is an amazing fact that we share when we, we, uh, present about our book is that 99% of Seattleites live within a 10-minute walk of a park or a green space.

Ooh.

And so it is an amazing way to experience nature where you don't even have to get in, in a car in a lot of places in the city.

Or you can take a bus.

You can get there without entering the traffic, um, yourself.

And [laughs] um-

[laughs]

... it's just one, uh, of the amazing benefits of living here.

And I think that because Seattle, called the Emerald City, has always had this allure of this green place, and these places are so good because so many people put their h- their hard work and sweat and digging and, you know, taking out invasives and putting in new trees, and it's really a, a beautiful thing to witness and to experience.

I have personally helped dig out Himalayan blackberries over in the Delridge neighborhood where they've revamped some of the spaces.

Yay.

Thank you.