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On June 18th, the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) approved the contract for Herrera Environmental Consultants to conduct lake studies

The Tenino Carver’s Guild has invited the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association (NWSSA) to show and sell sculpture on June 8,

An IAVMP has many parts. The main purpose of an IAVMP is to suggest options for a draft work plan

Our next lake weed survey will be on Monday, June 10th. Our survey team uses GPS coordinates to visit the

Saves You Money Regular maintenance fees of a few hundred dollars every few years is a bargain compared to the

On April 21, 2024, the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) released 12,000 rainbow trout (½ lb each)

Our intrepid survey team took off at 10:30am Monday morning, May 13, 2024, to start this year’s monthly lake weed

The Steering Committee (SC) of the Offut Lake Management District (OLMD) meets monthly via Zoom (on the first Wednesday of

(Tye Menser, Carolina Mejia, Emily Clouse, Gary Edwards, Wayne Fournier)

We will be doing Lake Weed Surveys monthly from May through September. Our first Lake Survey will be on May

Herrera Environmental Consultants were awarded the Contract for the combined Offut Lake/Pattison Lake Integrated Aquatic Vegetation Management Plan (IAVMP). Negotiations

Yes, it is that time of year again. This pesky noxious plant is poking its pretty little head above the

Soon, there will be many small opportunities for volunteers around Offut Lake. Some will be one-time events, others may be

Offut Lake is open year-round. Sport fishing is good for stocked rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, and the occasional brown trout.

Want to join the Offut Lake Management District leadership team? That team is called the Steering Committee. Just follow these

Join the Western Washington Lakes Workshop 2024: Lakeside Dialogues! This free, virtual town hall event is perfect for lake community

The County has published our RFP (Request for Proposals) for our IAVMP (Integrated Aquatic Vegetation Management Program). This scientific study

Q: Why monitor lake levels? Lake level is just one of the many data points we will be gathering about

Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms Part of our LMD journey has been to learn all the governmental acronyms and abbreviations. This

And SOP is  the acronym for Standard Operating Procedures for Lake Management Districts (LMDs). The Thurston County 4-lake LMD Leadership