Submitted by Paul Dunn for Chehalis Basin Lead Entity It’s a wet, dreary mid-October morning as Jay Gordon, an Elma farmer, munches on a slice of oven-warm, homemade sourdough bread. “Man, this is some good stuff,” he says, turning to talk to his longtime friend Neal Lucht, who has driven from his home in Molalla, Oregon, […]
What was once nearly 40 acres of unmanageable wetlands near Adna is being transformed into a thriving ecosystem by a group of energetic landowners and volunteers. In the process, the two struggling creeks that bisect the acreage are again free to flow on their merry way. And that’s terrific news for the coho salmon that […]
Submitted by Paul Dunn for Chehalis Basin Partnership Her friends on the boat call her “Captain Kasey.” Once every month or two, Kasey Hoyt skippers a small outboard-motor-powered dingy around Carlisle Lake in Onalaska. The boat team takes water-quality readings of temperature, pH, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen. The boat team also takes a sample of […]
Rochester resident JB McCrummen worked with foresters in local NRCS offices in Olympia and Puyallup to help him determine how he could enhance wildlife habitat on his property. “By providing habitat diversity, JB’s property will provide additional habitat not just for salmon species, but a variety of wildlife that utilizes the creek, riparian area, […]
Writte by Paul Dunn for the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity Bill Vogel can still feel the weight on his shoulders, even 20 years later. It’s been that long since his son Karl rode atop his shoulders, the two wandering the forests and wetlands adjacent their Lake Lucinda home much as the first explorers to see […]
Submitted by Paul Dunn for Chehalis Basin Lead Entity To John Wilson and others in the Sylvan Terrace Owners Association, the multi-acre splash of riparian and wetland area between their Olympia condominium complex and Black Lake is a little bit of paradise. The site, they say — including Michelle Creek that bisects it — is a marvelous […]
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