The Department of Enterprise Services and its estuary restoration project team began conducting soil sampling on and around ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Mother Nature is helping Washington return a man-made lake to its natural state. The state is restoring Capitol Lake, a lake created by an Olympia dam in the 1950s, to an estuary.

Mother Nature is helping Washington return a man-made lake to its natural state. The state is restoring Capitol Lake, a lake created by an Olympia dam in the 1950s, to an estuary. The project is ...

Once on Deschutes Parkway, drive 0.7 mile to Capitol Lake Interpretive ... Walk dike to scan lake. Cross Deschutes Parkway for Percival Cove. Source: Audubon Washington, Great Washington State ...

The beloved Old Olympia Brewery no longer functions in its original capacity. But just four miles down the Deschutes River from Capitol Lake, suds lovers will find ... and is a frequent medalist at ...

The Fifth Avenue dam creates Capitol Lake in Olympia at the mouth of the Deschutes ... and Atmospheric Administration is funding in Washington state with a total of $39.4 million.

OLYMPIA — Visitors to Capitol Lake and surrounding parks this week may notice biologists collecting data along the shoreline for the design of a restored Deschutes Estuary there. The pedestrian ...

Capitol Campus security estimated the crowd at about 5,000 for an April 2025 rally. Protests have been frequent recently with the end of the legislative session and a wave of nationally ...

Working close to the Capitol Lake shoreline in Olympia Wa. On May 8, 2025 a project team from the Department of Enterprise Services (DES) collects sediment and soil samples for use in the Deschutes ...