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Friends of Rocky Prairie is a group of homeowners, businesses and residents in Thurston Co, WA., concerned with preserving its rural character, rare prairie habitat, and the historic Millersylvania State Park, threatened by huge industrial development.

10/12/2021

Two Port Commission candidates have made clear they support Rocky Prairie & would work to protect the rural areas surrounding it -- Joel Hansen and Bob Iyall!

07/08/2020

Bud Blake spent the last year trying to get our county commissioners to rezone the area around Millersylvania State Park and Rocky Prairie for a big industrial hub. He identified himself as NorthPoint's "consultant." Luckily Commissioner Hutchings listened to his constituents and voted to protect the area. NorthPoint hasn't given up on their project yet.

04/25/2020

How to drop off Rocky Prairie Signs:

Drop off: Stottle Winery - Wed.-Sun. 12 - 6pm - 2641 Willamette Dr. NE, Ste E, Lacey

Pick Up: Email [email protected] or call Sharron @ 360-866-7596 to arrange pick up or alternative drop off spot.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP!

04/17/2020

Please keep Rocky Prairie Signs for now until we can arrange how to pick up or a Drop off location!! Thanks for your Support!!

04/15/2020

Great News! Thurston C.C. voted 3-0 against putting the NorthPoint rezone of Rocky Prairie request on the docket. Thanks for your support. We still have work to do, but this is a big help to our quest to protect the prairie.

02/21/2020

If you haven't let Thurston County Commissioners (C.C) know that you don't want them to rezone Rocky Prairie to industrial, please submit comments by March 4th. After that C.C. decide whether to put NorthPoint's rezone request on the final docket to be worked on; we hope they won't docket it, of course. All previously submitted comments will be considered and do not need to be sent again.

Send comments to: [email protected]

02/05/2020

Good news! On Feb. 4, Olympia City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking the county commissioners not to docket the rezone request for Rocky Prairie! Thanks Olympia City Council!

12/21/2019

Tenino City Council has passed a resolution to Protect Rocky Prairie!! They were concerned about paving 472 acres and the lack of infrastructure. Thanks Tenino!

11/13/2019

Tonight the Tumwater City Council decided that they'd write a letter to the Thurston County Commissioners telling them the Northpoint project doesn't belong at Rocky Prairie. They were all in, including the Tumwater Mayor.

11/10/2019

More great news!!! League of Women Voters has joined the Coalition to Protect Rocky Prairie from Northpoint's Industrialization!

Address

Maytown And Tilley Roads
Tenino, WA

Telephone

+13602645521

Website

http://www.friendsofrockyprairie.com/

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Rocky Prairie In Danger Again

The Current owner of Rocky Prairie, the Port of Tacoma, is working with a Missouri company, NorthPoint, to develop an extensive logistics center on Rocky Prairie with a projected six million square feet of warehousing, most probably served by extensive Burlington Northern rail and truck traffic, and bringing 24/7 noise and light -- right next to a sensitive nature preserve!

WDFW's West Rocky Prairie Wildlife Area includes federally threatened species, State Priority Species, Mima Mounds, and oak and prairie ecosystems. The site is slightly southeast of the nearby historic and popular Millersylvania State Park. It is no place for an industrial hub.

In 2007 and 2008, the Port of Tacoma attempted to establish a similar logistic center that, after much citizen protest, was withdrawn by the Port of Tacoma. Now the Port wants to rezone the entire parcel to industrial. On April 24, 2019, the Board of County Commissioners will discuss whether to put this rezoning amendment on their docket to decide this year.

This area has an extremely high water table. Impervious development and polluting truck/train traffic would threaten not only the endangered Oregon-spotted Frog and its sensitive wetlands but also compromise the local aquifer as well as the integrity of the WDFW preserve.