2025 Colvin Ranch Conservation Partner Award
Photo courtesy of Cayman Waughtel, Experience Olympia & Beyond Together with Natural Resource Conservation Service Acting State Conservationist David Rose, the Colvin family presented Marty Chaney with the Colvin Ranch Conservation Partner Award in recognition of...
Grazing cattle are helping conserve the prairie
South Sound prairies have been managed by people for tens of thousands of years. The First Peoples of this land maintained the prairies by burning them to remove overgrown grasses, prevent Douglas fir from taking over, and create open spaces for wildflowers to set...
Prairie Appreciation Month
May is Prairie Appreciation Month, and we have a lot of appreciation to share for the prairies in Thurston County. When my great-great grandfather Ignatius Colvin arrived here in 1849, he found rich native prairies and grass as high as a horse’s belly. For five...
Long-Term Viability Of Agriculture In Thurston County
Thurston County is updating its comprehensive plan, which lays out policies for future land use, housing, economic development, and natural resource protection for the next 20 years. My family arrived in Thurston County even before the county was established, and we...