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When choosing my approach to studying my area of inquiry, I could’ve researched the politics and science behind the dam. There is currently a discussion between government entities and corporations of either keeping Capitol...
Again, I can’t help but have my attention drawn to the Capitol Building even though I am here for the dam. Without the Capitol Lake Dam, there’d be no Capitol Lake and no Capitol...
Heritage Park sits east of the Capitol Lake Dam. Along the North Basin Shoreline trail, a 2,500-foot-long pathway features the Arc of Statehood which commemorates each Washington county with a bronze county marker. I only noticed...
Whenever I journey to the Capitol Lake Dam, the Capitol Building is always catching my eye, its grand dome peeking over the conifers. The efforts of using the lake to highlight the Capitol Building...
I remember when I was younger, as a kid we would visit a lake just to escape the heat, that’s not the case with Capitol Lake anymore. The lake has been deemed hazardous to...
Besides the joggers, another common visitor to the Capitol Lake Dam area is the varieties of birds. The Great Blue Heron can be seen stalking its...
I travel from Yelm to visit the Capitol Lake Dam, so I use I-5 south to the US-101. I take the first exit off the 101 by...
The near 80’s temperatures of Capitol Lake area affected the gear selection of Heritage Park joggers; tank tops and shorts now the clothing of choice. Traffic was still buzzing by the 5th Avenue dam...
From the lakeside on the east side of the dam, a look to the west provides a view of the Capitol Lake Dam and a featured tree still waiting for warmer spring before adding...
The Great Blue Heron colony of Olympia is getting ready for another breeding season thanks to a non-profit, Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation, and legislative actions like Olympia’s Critical Areas Ordinance. The Herons protected habitat...
