Today’s video!

Wendy Hughes-Jelen (www.GreenSpacesRealEstate.com, Westside Green Living with Wendy on Facebook) shows viewers one of the “gateways” to the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail that marks the path in several locations along the approximately three mile trail that begins at the restored Roxhill Wetland in Westwood (at the southernmost border of the city limits on the Westside) and the Duwamish River, the mouth of which is near Nucor Steel Mill and the West Seattle Bridge. The gateways were carved by local artists and feature much of the natural life in the area (flora and fauna). There is an informational kiosk here with a map showing other features along the trail and where this location is (about the middle). High Point is above Longfellow Creek by quite a ways, but it makes sense for the trail to go thru this neighborhood since it makes up 10% of the “watershed”, the storm water and roof runoff that is shed by the landscape and flows downhill to Longfellow Creek. High Point is a 120 acre Built Green Certified master planned community designed specifically to manage runoff issues to reduce flooding downstream. Longfellow Creek is one of only four remaining “salmonid” (salmon bearing) streams in the city of Seattle.