Some conservationists look to the sticks for a beautful oxygen-making, habitat-preserving forest. Not Nancy Whitlock.
Whitlock is at work saving one of Seattle’s largest contiguous pieces of forestland. The West Duwamish Greenbelt’s 500-some acres are overrun by prickly holly, always-growing ivy, and well-rooted Himalayan blackberry. Girded with her first grant to do the work, Whitlock remembers thinking, “How am I going to do what I said I was going to do?” ...