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Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area

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Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area

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. T

he protected area is a sanctuary for a variety of birds, harbor seals, river otters, bald eagles, and a colony of bats, as well as serving as a great blue heron rookery. Part of a conservation program begun in 1987 between the State of Washington and the Washington Department of Natural Resources, the site is one the first of its kind in the state.

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