Final Project Rough Draft

Ravenna Park Walking Tour


This walking tour is  in Ravenna Park. It is a ravine that possessed old-growth timber.  Ravenna Creek locates at the west side of the ravine alone Brooklyn Avenue NE. The Cowen Park Bridge crosses the park from north to south on 15^th Avenue. 



1. Geology (The big rock)
The Ravenna Park was formed when Vashon Glacial Ice Sheet melted and formed Lake Russel and cut ravines through new glacial fill. Then Lake Russell disappeared when the Ice Sheet retreated north of the Straits of Juan de Fuca, but various features remained, including the Green Lake basin.


2. Land-use History

3. Birds(Canopy/ or trail along the stream)

You can observe many American Crow, Song Sparrow, Creeper, and can hear many woodpeckers.

4. Plants (Under the bridge)

5. Invertebrates(stream)

6. Lichens/ Fungi 

Artist Fungus 

7. Ecological interaction (Mutualism)

8. Ecologic Disturbance 

9. Animal Behavior (Birds sing on the tree to mark their territory)