609 Whitham Rd., Olympia, Washington. County/parish: Thurston.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 02, 1991. NRIS 91001441.
4 contributing buildings. 21 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures.Also known as:
Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area is a natural reserve in Olympia, Washington, protected under the Washington Natural Areas Program. Once an important processing facility for the logging industry, it has been designated as the Weyerhaeuser South Bay Log Dump Rural Historic Landscape. Today the area is a renowned sanctuary for a variety of birds, harbor seals, river otters, bald eagles, and a colony of bats, as well as serving as an important great blue heron rookery. A recent conservation program in the area between the State of Washington and the Nature Conservancy is the first of its kind in the country.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75613483