This 30-acre open space on the Enumclaw Plateau holds not only a segment of Newaukum Creek, which flows into the Green River farther downstream, but the promise of a better habitat for salmon. Many agencies, organizations and volunteers, including the City of Enumclaw, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, King County, NOAA and the Mid Puget Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group, are working together at this site to restore habitat. Activities include stream restoration, native plantings and the removal of invasive weeds such as blackberries, which commonly move into an area once it has been disturbed.
In addition to the short trail that leads down to Newaukum Creek, numerous neighborhood trails ramble off through blackberry thickets and clumps of sword fern. The park's open forest consists of mostly deciduous trees such as big-leaf maples, alders and cottonwoods.