In a message dated 98-06-14 15:19:59 EDT, you write:

<< Where is that? You write as if we should know the area's location, but
at least some of us don't.

Burt Guttman guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu
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RE: Glacial Heritage..

>>I do apologize. I've been living by it since 93, but it wasn't until three
weeks ago, when Russ Rogers reported it and gave directions to it, did I learn
that it had a name.
It can be found on pg 45 of the DeLorme Washington Atlas, 8 A and a half. If
you draw a line from Mima road to the eastern edge of the map, you'd underline
a town called Mumby. The area below that line is pretty much the area known as
Glacial Heritage. Oh, I do wish DeLorme would put grid coordinates on their
maps, like any sensible mapmaker does.....

For anyone who is familiar with the area, it's near where Black Hills Ranch
used to be. The owners of which are now subdividing it, having twisted a few
political arms to change the zoning...........

You must take I-5 south to exit 95, "Maytown Littlerock". Turn right and
follow the signs into Littlerock. Go straight through Littlerock until you
come to a T in the road. Turn left onto Mima Road SW. Follow this road 2 and
8/10's miles til you come to a gravel apron on the left. This is Weyerhauser
property, their tree nursery is on the right side of the road, and the apron
is on the left. Right at that spot is the RailTrail..by which I mean, it's
Burlington Northern's railline now donated to the Rails-to-Trails program. If
you follow the path back in the direction you came down..in other words,
northish, you will eventually come out into open country on the left that is
now called "Glacial Heritage" It has firs and hundreds of the mounds this area
is known for.

Please forgive me, I have no idea how to get in by vehicle. For that, you'll
need to contact Russ Rogers, and I think vehicles are not allowed anyway. I
don't know how to get in by vehicle as I live right next to it and just walk
to it from my backyard, but I have to skirt the gravel pit to get there.

Once you get in the area, you'll see lots of firs in isolated groups. The
kites seem to hang out around a clump that is in view of Mima Road (though
it's not right next to the road by any means....) as well as the abandoned
house that's on the property. I'd say it's about a half mile south of the
gravel pit, which is lined with fir trees. If you cross the railline into the
pit, you've gone too far.
This is all state land, by the way, so there's no need to ask
permission..however do NOT go into the abandoned house. They used to have a
guy guarding it, I don't know if they still have, but it's in bad shape. I
think they keep it up to serve as a magnet for escapees from Cedar Creek
Corrections Center. why it's still there I don't know.

It's worth the trip, just to see the kites...but there's plenty other birds
out there as well. If we all raise a voice, maybe the county will leave it
alone. A couple years ago Weyerhauser went into the Mima Mounds and took out
enormouse old growth trees under the auspices of "restoration". But they left
the broom.............
Michelle