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

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

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

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

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

GRANT RECEIVED!
The Department of Ecology has awarded us a $30,000 grant to help defray the cost of a scientific study of

‘Overtaken by plant life.’ Offut Lake residents want to tax themselves to battle algae, weeds
BY MARTÍN BILBAO AUGUST 24, 2022 4:52 PM Some Offut Lake property owners want to form a new lake management

Next Procedural Steps for the County in the OLMD Formation
Next Procedural Steps for the County in the OLMD Formation We have just written a grant to the Department of

“This place is sacred to us.” Offut Lake landowners want higher taxes to fix water quality.
BY MARTÍN BILBAO SEPTEMBER 07, 2022 5:00 AM Read more here. Over a dozen Offut Lake property owners told the