We will be working on a beautiful shoreline at the Woodard Bay Natural Area Preserve north of Olympia.  This is a somewhat unusual workday because we’ll also have our Sound Steward training going on during the day so there will be a chance to learn and work.  The Washington Department of Natural Resources removed a bulkhead and building and planted native shoreline vegetation.  We will be helping to restore the site by removing invasive plants to help these plantings have a good start. We are helping them out because this is a great stretch of natural shoreline with several ongoing restoration projects including an Olympia oyster project led by The Nature Conservancy and the Puget Sound Restoration Fund.  It is also important salmon habitat for juvenile salmon migrating out of the Nisqually River.

Children 10 and under must have adult supervision. From downtown Olympia, take East Bay Drive toward Boston Harbor. The name of the road changes to Boston Harbor Road somewhere around Priest Point Park. Continue on Boston Harbor Road to where it forks with Woodard Bay Road. Bear right onto Woodard Bay Road. Woodard Bay Road merges onto Libby Road for a short distance, but immediately watch for a right-hand turn that puts you back on Woodard Bay Road. The parking lot will be on your left after a short downhill grade. If you are interested in carpooling we may be able to facilitate that.