What is that super-fresh woody smell in Seattle in the spring, esp. on the Eastside and at Magnuson Park?

What is that super-fresh woody smell in Seattle in the spring, esp. On the Eastside and at Magnuson Park? Got hit in the face with it again this morning at Magnuson Park.

Someone said it might be cottonwood trees. Whatever it is, I want some for my garden! It's usually strongest in the morning at the end of April/beginning of May.

You can smell it downtown, even. I always thought it was just burgeoning pine from the mountains. Asked by joshua 31 months ago Similar questions: super fresh woody smell Seattle spring esp Eastside Magnuson Park Local > United States > Seattle - WA.

Similar questions: super fresh woody smell Seattle spring esp Eastside Magnuson Park.

Skunk cabbage is a sure sign of a wetland, and sometimes you can smell its skunky odor Its unmistakable leaves can grow larger than doormats, and individual plants can live up to 70 years. Skunk cabbage is a sure sign of a wetland, and sometimes you can smell its skunky odor (attractive to pollinators such as flies and beetles) even before you see it. Native Americans used its leaves much as we use waxed paper for wrapping food and lining basketsTracking signs of spring in four Seattle parksThis Sunday is Earth Day, a good time to take notice of the natural world.

With signs of spring breaking out all over, Seattle parks are a good place to observe the season's best. Right now, Seattle parks are veritable explosions of new growth as plants and animals within pull out all the stops to make sure they get noticed. This is the time to investigate trails, activities and programs via one of Seattle's four environmental learning centers at Carkeek Park, Discovery Park, Seward Park and Camp Long.

Talk to a park staff member or try out the newly launched SPARC system for online class registration (www.seattle.gov/parks), which brings everything from animal tracking to owl hoots, and bird walks to pond exploration just a click away. To whet your appetite, we sought out Seattle's keen-eyed (and -eared) park naturalists to find out what's blooming, nesting, splashing and burrowing right now along their local trails. Seward ParkFor Seward Park naturalist Christina Gallegos, spring brings gifts of eagle song and skunk cabbage."The cries of the eagles from their nest and the giant 'dinosaur-day' leaves of the skunk cabbage are what I look forward to," said Gallegos, who has been working in Seattle parks for seven years.

"After a long winter's sleep, everything begins to wake up, and the smell has a sweet kind of ripeness. " Sources: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2003671169_nwwspringincity192.html .

Super-fresh woody smell in Seattle in the spring, esp. On the Eastside and at Magnuson Park Last summer, Kirkland homeowner Rob Horwitz became so incensed at plans to illuminate 11 new ballfields across Lake Washington that he grabbed a tape recorder and began running and cycling along the eastern waterfront. Every time he found a home with a view across the lake he slowed down and dictated the street address into his recorder.

Picking different routes each time, he gradually amassed a database of 3,000 homes stretching from Kenmore to Hunts Point. When he sent newsletters to each address, 500 homeowners wrote back in support, many sending donations. Horwitz instantly had access to some of the region's most prominent people — people he claims would be willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting in court to stop the development, if it came to that."For me it was a complete awakening in local politics," said Horwitz, 41, a New Jersey native who publishes the high-tech magazine Directions on Microsoft.

The objections of Horwitz and others are expected to come to a head in the next few weeks as the Seattle City Council moves toward a final vote on the project at Sand Point Magnuson Park. Calling itself Eastside Friends of Lake Washington, the lobby group Horwitz and other homeowners formed argues that the 628 lights 2½ miles away — with a total wattage comparable to that of Safeco Field — will light up the sky like a "spaceship landing" or six shopping malls. Supporters of the ballfield development say that the lights are more dispersed than those at Safeco and that new lighting technology will minimize the glow in the sky.

Some look at the Eastsiders as a reactive group with no real stake in the debate. "I think it's a hysterical overresponse for a pretty insignificant impact on them," said John Feltis, a semi-retired lighting consultant who supports the park plans. With modern directional lights, just 5 percent of the light will "spill" upward and create sky glow, he said, as opposed to 30 percent or more from older or badly designed lighting projects.

The Kirkland homeowners have teamed with an unlikely coalition of opponents, including neighbors of the Seattle park, environmentalists and a group called Dark Skies Northwest, which advocates reducing light pollution to better see the stars. The Kirkland City Council was blindsided by the issue and didn't get involved in the project's review, but some council members now are taking their concerns directly to their Seattle counterparts."It's part of a larger issue," said Kirkland Mayor Mary-Alyce Burleigh. "As we become denser and growth occurs, the problem of light pollution is a real one.

"With three new Seattle council members asking their own tough questions, the project seems less certain to proceed as planned than it did just a few months ago. But ballfield advocates have been fighting back, flooding Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and the council with thousands of e-mails. Sources: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20040323&slug=magnuson23e .

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