Save the West Bay Woods Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-the-west-bay-woods.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:52 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Victoria Salter [Signature #310] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24380757?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Feb 2023 01:38:50 UTC 24380757 Elizabeth Morgan [Signature #309] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24054287?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Mar 2021 09:23:08 UTC 24054287 Mrs. Janice Banks [Signature #308] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21216682?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:23:10 UTC 21216682 Ms Cheryl Waitkevich [Signature #307] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18259145?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Dec 2014 09:50:01 UTC 18259145 Anonymous [Signature #306] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18256899?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:15:06 UTC 18256899 Ms Liz Carr [Signature #305] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18244089?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Dec 2014 03:23:59 UTC 18244089 Margot Boyer [Signature #304] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18192582?utm_medium=rss A critical part of Olympia's wildlife heritage and connection to Sound and mountains.

]]> Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:24:48 UTC 18192582 Kathy Powers [Signature #303] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18141466?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Nov 2014 03:58:51 UTC 18141466 Gary Hoffart [Signature #302] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18122317?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2014 08:48:10 UTC 18122317 Ms Rachel Laderman [Signature #301] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18096531?utm_medium=rss While infill is a good zoning policy we also need to preserve wild spaces within the urban areas, and this is a prime example of a mainly healthy ecosystem that supports much native plant and animal life. If I recall (I live in Hawaii now, but still own a house on the westside) - More habitat could be added by daylighting the creek where it goes under parking lot before entering Budd Inlet - free Schneider Creek! and dress it up with native plantings.

]]> Mon, 3 Nov 2014 12:52:32 UTC 18096531 Mr. Ari Tutko [Signature #300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18092686?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Nov 2014 06:05:08 UTC 18092686 Ms Prism MARLOW [Signature #299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18051034?utm_medium=rss I lived in oly for 4 years as I completed my BA degree @ Evergreen State College. Oly is in my heart ingrained so deeply it's the only other town I'd call home. There is a creek on my property here in Spfld. We have one heron that visits every other week or so. Please do what you can to give them a voice. It's their home.

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:56:24 UTC 18051034 Nancy Elliott [Signature #298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18048161?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:59:31 UTC 18048161 MR Ananda Timm-Zderic [Signature #297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18020070?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:33:23 UTC 18020070 Amy Robinson [Signature #296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18020067?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:30:48 UTC 18020067 Ms FIONA HOLDEN [Signature #295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17981548?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Oct 2014 01:12:22 UTC 17981548 Kristina Keller [Signature #294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17971151?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Oct 2014 04:16:00 UTC 17971151 Ron Sevier [Signature #293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17967985?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:19:42 UTC 17967985 Laney Clark [Signature #292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17967959?utm_medium=rss Humans are not the only inhabitants of this planet.

]]> Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:14:04 UTC 17967959 PeggySue King [Signature #291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17967945?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:11:54 UTC 17967945 Caitlin Guthrie [Signature #290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17962980?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:18:55 UTC 17962980 amanda paradise [Signature #289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17957901?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:44:09 UTC 17957901 Jared Greene [Signature #288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17948812?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Sep 2014 01:49:16 UTC 17948812 martin collamore [Signature #287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17935396?utm_medium=rss It's difficult at best to make more of these places. Save what we have. Development is still driven by greed, many times by those with little or no connection with the areas to be 'developed'. Come in, tear down. build, sell, and cash check and move on. If the council votes for it, we know their priorities.

]]> Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:04:08 UTC 17935396 Ms Beverly Bassett [Signature #286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17934076?utm_medium=rss This habitat is an irreplaceable treasure. We cannot afford to lose one square inch of it.

]]> Mon, 22 Sep 2014 03:11:34 UTC 17934076 hali panneton [Signature #285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17922567?utm_medium=rss this is the sort of situation with which you are familiar - and most decision-makers go with the owner of the land he wants to denude.
however, in this case it bears looking at very carefully. i hope you do. hali

]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:24:10 UTC 17922567 Nikki McClure [Signature #284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17912195?utm_medium=rss these herons have inspired art by makers on the east side as they feed along our shores.
I would miss them terribly.

]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:00:29 UTC 17912195 Anne Kilgannon [Signature #283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17879100?utm_medium=rss Thank you for your work on this critcal issue!

]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2014 03:51:24 UTC 17879100 mr charles rambo [Signature #282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17871837?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:17:05 UTC 17871837 mrs emily rambo [Signature #281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17871619?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:08:40 UTC 17871619 Colin Freeman [Signature #280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17846596?utm_medium=rss We don't need more townhouses, we don't need more development, we need to preserve the natural elements that make our neighborhoods and communities beautiful to look at and to live in. Save the West Bay Woods!

]]> Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:47:57 UTC 17846596 Sarah Meyers [Signature #279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17844174?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:23:20 UTC 17844174 Meghan Hall [Signature #278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17843728?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:08:14 UTC 17843728 Kristi Selby [Signature #277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17843704?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:56:14 UTC 17843704 Lynn Gooding [Signature #276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17839214?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2014 06:16:16 UTC 17839214 Maria Ruth [Signature #275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17838145?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:37:23 UTC 17838145 Sara Steinberg [Signature #274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17836023?utm_medium=rss Preserving the West Bay Woods as an urban habitat for the Great Blue Heron and other wildlife can only enhance the reputation of Olympia and Thurston County as a great place for tourism and for raising a family.

]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:54:37 UTC 17836023 Mark Kaufman [Signature #273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17834455?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Sep 2014 01:46:24 UTC 17834455 Ms Lindy Flynn [Signature #272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17834338?utm_medium=rss This area is a precious resource to Olympia as it is now, of priceless value for future generations.

]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2014 01:28:33 UTC 17834338 Mr Thomas Head [Signature #271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17829992?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Sep 2014 02:07:32 UTC 17829992 David Skattebo [Signature #270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17829045?utm_medium=rss The rights of Blue Herons as residents of Olympia should be recognized and protected by city policy. Just because herons don't have voices doesn't mean they don't have rights. In fact, they've been living around Budd Bay for much longer than us settler colonialists have.

]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:57:22 UTC 17829045 Nathan Lefkoff [Signature #269] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17824381?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:21:59 UTC 17824381 mr thomas soltman [Signature #268] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17822940?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2014 10:36:48 UTC 17822940 Eileen LeVan [Signature #267] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17822348?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2014 05:46:11 UTC 17822348 joe Flynn [Signature #266] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17822264?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2014 05:15:51 UTC 17822264 ms maureen yocum [Signature #265] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17821870?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2014 02:35:49 UTC 17821870 Mr. Ryan James Reid [Signature #264] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17821185?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:36:25 UTC 17821185 Liina Koivula [Signature #263] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17819606?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Sep 2014 04:11:32 UTC 17819606 Dr. Tim Shannon [Signature #262] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17819273?utm_medium=rss NOT okay to use this for yet more housing and to take away the housing of the herons.

]]> Sun, 7 Sep 2014 01:08:36 UTC 17819273 Mr Crayne Horton [Signature #261] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17818346?utm_medium=rss Important habitat such as this must be preserved. We need leadership on this issue. Don't just make excuses and sit on the sidelines

]]> Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:40:03 UTC 17818346 ms Barbara Carey [Signature #260] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17817034?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Sep 2014 12:15:28 UTC 17817034 Lynne Geller [Signature #259] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17816282?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Sep 2014 04:53:18 UTC 17816282 Robert and Judith Provasoli [Signature #258] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17815910?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:41:00 UTC 17815910 John Pearce [Signature #257] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17815759?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2014 09:02:58 UTC 17815759 Zachary Fleig [Signature #256] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17815285?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2014 04:51:23 UTC 17815285 Sophie Smyer [Signature #255] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17815279?utm_medium=rss As a resident of the West Side neighborhood, I urge the city to consider the long term future of this neighborhood, and not make shortsighted decisions that will have an irreversible effect on the residents, visitors and wildlife of this place.

]]> Fri, 5 Sep 2014 04:45:56 UTC 17815279 Ms. Sue Danver [Signature #254] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17815137?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2014 03:09:36 UTC 17815137 Georgia Vorhies [Signature #253] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17814967?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2014 01:30:12 UTC 17814967 Mr Ryan Coughran [Signature #252] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17814819?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2014 11:55:25 UTC 17814819 Mrs. Carol Harlow [Signature #251] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17814780?utm_medium=rss We need preservation.

]]> Fri, 5 Sep 2014 11:34:59 UTC 17814780 Karen Hancock [Signature #250] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17814508?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2014 08:58:06 UTC 17814508 Daniel Kelly [Signature #249] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17814456?utm_medium=rss This WILL be stopped!

]]> Fri, 5 Sep 2014 08:35:14 UTC 17814456 Mr Mathew Metcalf [Signature #248] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17814148?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2014 05:44:28 UTC 17814148 Pamela Margon [Signature #247] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17813582?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:05:01 UTC 17813582 Ms Audrey Ledgerwood [Signature #246] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17812826?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Sep 2014 03:15:12 UTC 17812826 Mr Michael Furlong [Signature #245] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17812480?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Sep 2014 12:19:08 UTC 17812480 Gina Smith [Signature #244] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17812474?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Sep 2014 12:14:18 UTC 17812474 Susan Bakke [Signature #243] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17811177?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Sep 2014 10:22:50 UTC 17811177 Janet Brodsky [Signature #242] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17810691?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Sep 2014 05:52:06 UTC 17810691 Ms Alicia Elliott [Signature #241] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17810110?utm_medium=rss It is our responsibility to defend these great birds from the predation of the developers.

]]> Wed, 3 Sep 2014 01:51:40 UTC 17810110 Mrs. Donna J. Nickerson [Signature #240] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17810058?utm_medium=rss There are some places that are worth more to the community if left in their natural state. This is one of those places. The ecosystem services provided by this small urban gem are many: aesthetic and recreational; erosion control; habitat refugium for not only the heronry but other species as well; science and education, and flood provisioning. Protecting our natural capital is a wise investment in our local and regional economy.

]]> Wed, 3 Sep 2014 01:24:10 UTC 17810058 Ann Butler [Signature #239] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17808453?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2014 11:22:26 UTC 17808453 timothy kelly [Signature #238] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17808261?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:45:13 UTC 17808261 Dr Marie JOHANTGEN [Signature #237] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17807991?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2014 07:45:18 UTC 17807991 Lois Beck [Signature #236] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17807587?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2014 04:44:29 UTC 17807587 Linda Wilson [Signature #235] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17807159?utm_medium=rss Let's make this a priority. A healthy wildlife population with sufficient habitat to be sustainable is very important to our local quality of life.

]]> Tue, 2 Sep 2014 02:04:54 UTC 17807159 samantha horton [Signature #234] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17807071?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2014 01:34:17 UTC 17807071 Judith Klinger [Signature #233] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17806383?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2014 10:26:52 UTC 17806383 kim chaplin [Signature #232] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17805373?utm_medium=rss You are in danger of ruining Olympia if you destroy natural habitat.

]]> Tue, 2 Sep 2014 12:39:06 UTC 17805373 Mrs Sarah McKay [Signature #231] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17804970?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Sep 2014 07:54:16 UTC 17804970 Patricia G Coon [Signature #230] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17804818?utm_medium=rss City of Olympia please stop pandering to big developers with our few remaining neighborhood green spaces. We elected you to be our voice Mr. Buxbaum, and reading your bio now I see this: "focused on community and economic development." Seems you are certainly applying economic development in our community. Please stop and preserve what is left.

]]> Mon, 1 Sep 2014 06:06:03 UTC 17804818 Emily Lubar [Signature #229] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17804154?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Sep 2014 01:33:26 UTC 17804154 Anonymous [Signature #228] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17804075?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Sep 2014 12:51:15 UTC 17804075 Carmen Bridges [Signature #227] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17803902?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Sep 2014 11:03:14 UTC 17803902 sarah sokolski [Signature #226] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17803407?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Sep 2014 03:32:13 UTC 17803407 ms rebeca roqueni [Signature #225] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17803327?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Sep 2014 01:59:34 UTC 17803327 Aimee de Ney [Signature #224] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17803322?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Sep 2014 01:53:23 UTC 17803322 Ms Dorothy Linzee [Signature #223] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17803194?utm_medium=rss I was born and raised in Thurston County and have stayed here my entire 59 years. I have seen a lot of development and have seen the decline of some species and habitat. We must protect what we have in this beautiful Pacific Northwest.

]]> Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:43:43 UTC 17803194 mr john seeburger [Signature #222] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17803144?utm_medium=rss Our family opposes this project/travesty wholeheartedly

]]> Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:57:34 UTC 17803144 Tom Hackett [Signature #221] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17803072?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:51:49 UTC 17803072 darla ashford [Signature #220] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17802839?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:12:07 UTC 17802839 Rachel Da Silva [Signature #219] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17802782?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:39:22 UTC 17802782 Jeriann Schriner [Signature #218] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17802727?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:03:14 UTC 17802727 Alyssa Estes [Signature #217] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17802715?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2014 05:56:13 UTC 17802715 Anonymous [Signature #216] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17802714?utm_medium=rss Do the right thing. Save our wild lands in Olympia!!

]]> Sun, 31 Aug 2014 05:56:12 UTC 17802714 Ms Patricia Imani [Signature #215] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17802195?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:17:41 UTC 17802195 deb fitzhugh [Signature #214] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17802048?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:29:06 UTC 17802048 karen thomas [Signature #213] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17802041?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:26:52 UTC 17802041 Ms Della Dalaney [Signature #212] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17801963?utm_medium=rss We need green spaces.

]]> Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:51:22 UTC 17801963 Ms Sarah Vanucci [Signature #211] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17801894?utm_medium=rss The great blue heron rookeries are phenomenal, a unique experience for all ages within walking distance from hundreds of Westside homes full of curious children and adults alike. It is also a place we take visitors to the region and gives them an experience they will never forget. Save this property which has been the Herons home nesting grounds for many years. Homes for people can be built elsewhere.

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