FIELD TRIP TO GLACIAL HERITAGE PRESERVE

DATE/TIME – FRIDAY   MAY 6^TH    8 AM – NOON

LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS – REGISTRATION REQUIRED with ksnyder75@nullgmail.com

ADDRESS – 15044 Mima Rd SW  Olympia

LEADERS – Mary McCallum and Kathleen Snyder

Here is a chance to explore a beautifully restored prairie that is not open to the public.  Thurston County owns this piece of property and it is only open one day a year for public entry – Prairie Appreciation Day (this year on May 14^th).  We will walk a loop through the prairie and then to the riparian area of the Black River.  We should see some amazing spring migrants who seek out prairie habitat.  Please follow our Covid Protocols.  There are no restroom facilities.  Registration required for 20 participants.  First come, first served.  Directions (note that Google maps doesn’t do well with address given; best to follow directions below):

• Take exit 95 and head west on Maytown Road toward the town of Littlerock.
• Follow Maytown Rd until you reach the stop sign at Littlerock Elementary. Continue straight onto 128th street and continue straight until ‘T’ at Mima/Waddel Creek Rd
• At ‘T’ take a left and follow Mima Creek Road for 2.7 miles.
• You will see small tractor sign followed shortly by a gravel road and brown sign marking Glacial Heritage preserve.
• Take a left onto the unmarked gravel road.
• Follow road around corner and through white gate.

photo credit: Western Bluebird by Eleanor Briccetti