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Marlake
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Marlake was created in the late 1950s when the park's founders, Francis and Ilene Marckx dug out and impounded a naturally wet area. Today, the lake provides habitat for a range of waterfowl and birds.
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Marlake was created in the late 1950s when the park's founders, Francis and Ilene Marckx dug out and impounded a naturally wet area. Today, the lake provides habitat for a range of waterfowl and birds.
Park
visitors can walk around the entire lake and enjoy bird viewing from a
number of vantage points. The park is a great place to see green-backed
and great blue herons, widgens and ducks, red-winged black birds and
the occasional bald eagle (watch out ducklings!)
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Historical Cabin Park
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For years, the West Hylebos Wetlands was a hard-to-find treasure, noted only by a small sign off S. 348th Street and accessible only by driving over a private one-lane road.
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For years, the West Hylebos Wetlands was a hard-to-find treasure, noted only by a small sign off S. 348th Street and accessible only by driving over a private one-lane road.
The
Friends joined forces with the Historical Society of Federal Way and
Federal Way Parks to develop the multi-purpose Federal Way Historical
Cabin Park, which will provide an easy-to-find entrance to the West
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Open Water Wetland
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Lakes and ponds such as Brooklake are open water wetlands. They are important feeding areas for many creatures. Millions of microscopic green algae, cyanobacteria, protozoans, and bacteria are suspended in the water, providing the base of a rich aquatic food chain.
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Lakes and ponds such as Brooklake are open water wetlands. They are important feeding areas for many creatures. Millions of microscopic green algae, cyanobacteria, protozoans, and bacteria are suspended in the water, providing the base of a rich aquatic food chain.
Worms, salamanders, and crayfish can be found crawling on and in the muddy bottom. Salamander and frog tadpoles, as well as coho salmon and cutthroat trout spend their formative months and years feeding in the lake waters. The rich plant, amphibian and fish populations attract herons, chattering kingfishers, and occasional raccoons. - 47.284528 -122.32535
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West Hylebos Wetlands Entrance
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The entrance to the West Hylebos Wetlands Park is located off S. 348th St, across from St. Francis Hospital. The new parking lot and sidewalks feature pervious concrete, an environmentally feature that treats and reduces stormwater runoff. Follow the walking trail around the smaller of the two pioneer cabins to reach the trailhead of the West Hylebos Wetlands.
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West Hylebos Forest Health Project
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Location of the West Hylebos Wetlands Forest Health Project
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The Friends' effort to assess and protect the health of the West Hylebos Wetlands forest from the environmental pressures of surrounding suburbia. the Forest Health Project to protect and enhance this unique urban forest.
The Friends conducts forest health surveys, develops and implements management plans for tree planting and invasive weed removal to maintain and enhance this beautiful urban forest.
Read more about the West Hylebos Wetlands Forest Health Project
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Brooklake Blueberry Farm
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Entrance and Parking Lot
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The entrance to the West Hylebos Wetlands is an environmentally friendly parking lot on S. 348th Street just east of 4th Ave S. The parking lot and sidewalks are constructed with pervious concrete, which infiltrates surface, filtering out pollutans and eliminating stormwater runoff to the wetlands. Enjoy the historical pioneer cabins at the park entrance. Take the gravel trail west of the cabins to the West Hylebos Wetlands trailhead.
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West Hylebos Park Trailhead
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Big Leaf Maple
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Acer macrophyllum
This species carries a greater load of lichens, mosses, and ferns than any other tree species in the region. These epiphytes create a rich soil on the trunk and branches of this mighty tree.
Common
throughout the Northwest, the Big Leaf Maple is often found in
transitional areas between wetlands and drier sites known as uplands.
The leaves grow up to eight inches wide on the branches making them the largest leaves of any maple species worldwide. In the autumn they turn a bright yellow. - 47.2876862013 -122.328493595
