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Olympia middle school students restore logged property with 900 native plants

From The Olympian January 16, 2023 By Ty Vinson Summit Desmarteau has been running and hiking in the woods near Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Olympia for three years now. But when he returned to school after last summer, he was devastated to see half of the wooded area was cut down. On Friday, Jan. […]

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A developer cleared acres of trees in Olympia. This group is trying to reverse the damage.

From The Olympian October 4, 2022 One morning in late September, a mother deer led her fawn through the wreckage of what was once a complex forest. The pair weaved between smoldering mulch piles the size of houses to eat whatever greenery they could find. More than 20 acres of trees were cut down in

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Oly Ecosystems acquires parcel on West Bay Drive for conservation

From The Olympian May 7, 2021 By Rolf Boone The nonprofit Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation, also known as Oly Ecosystems, has acquired a parcel of land in west Olympia for conservation, the organization announced. The acquisition was made possible by a $212,000 donation from an anonymous couple in the community and a matching donation

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Olympia’s West Bay Woods grows with gift from Bowen foundation

From The Olympian Feb 10, 2020 By Sara Gentzler The woods above West Bay Drive may be unassuming from the roadway that hugs Budd Inlet’s shoreline. But venture to the other side of the woods, on Rogers Street Northwest near the Olympia Food Co-op, and you’ll find an evolving pocket of restoration and conservation. “It’s

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Land purchase will help protect great blue herons in Olympia

From The Olympian October 15, 2014 By Andy Hobbs – Staff Writer Land purchase will help protect great blue herons in Olympia An Olympia woman has purchased land containing the city’s lone great blue heron colony in an effort to protect the birds from a nearby townhome development. This month, Alicia Elliott bought the 1.84-acre

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Surprise logging operation in West Olympia has galvanized neighbors

From the West Olympia News By Sage Hamilton and Danny Stusser No city permits were needed to begin logging 23+ acres on Cooper Point Road Olympia residents near 20th Avenue NW and Cooper Point Road were surprised this morning when they discovered that 20th Avenue was being shut down with no notice for a logging

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