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Welcome to the Long Lake Community Website
WhatsUpLongLake is the communication tool for engaging and informing the community using Long Lake in Thurston County. The Long Lake Management District Steering Committee (LMDSC) manages & administers the site. No content reflects an official County position.
Long Lake is part of a four-lake Woodland Creek drainage system within the Henderson Inlet Watershed. Hicks Lake flows into Pattison Lake, then Long Lake, and into Lois Lake, which drains into Woodard Bay, and finally to Henderson Inlet in Puget Sound.
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328 surface acres
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Mean depth - 12 feet
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Max. depth - 21 feet
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Length - ~1.5 miles
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Shoreline length - 7.1 miles
Join us in our efforts to help our Lake community.
LMD Steering Committee Members
County Staff to LMD
Afflerbaugh Island
Gary Alexander 360-489-8268
Vacant
Holmes Island
Richard Brantner 360-556-8821
Joe Wolfe (Vice Chair)
​360-878-5326
Lake Forest
Constance Kimmons 360-701-7664
Vacant
Lakeridge/Panorama Point
Denny Cavalier 253-241-7808
Steve Mauer (Recorder)
253-677-0865
Long Lake Drive North
David Sorrell 360-485-9694
Vacant
Long Lake Drive South/Arbors
Rich James 360-789-2770
Gary Cruz 360-280-8017
Mayes Road
Carrie Nastansky 360-789-6455
Victor Bourque 360-970-1648
Timberlake / Pleasant Acres
Eric Casino (Water Quality Comm)
206-972-2246
Charlotte Jean 360-375-5713
Reflection Point/20th Ave.
Linda Wolfen 360-701-5056
Mark Bradford 360-259-6614
Shorewood Villa / Carpenter Road
Vickie Tuvey 360-259-3933
Mike Oechsner (Chair)
360-219-6342
Walthew Drive/Kyro Road
Susan Draper (Weed Comm)
360-402-2343
Vacant
At-large Committee Member
Andy Mauer (Treasurer)
253-677-0865
Michael Cruz 360-791-4414
Latest News
Local Initiatives
Latest Newsletter & LMDSC Minutes
County Staff publish a semi-annual Newsletter in cooperation with LMD Steering Committee. Generally, the Newsletters are mailed to residents included in the Management District. However, the Winter 2022 Newsletter is only available here online.
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Click here to read the latest Newsletter.
Click here to read the latest LMDSC Meeting Minutes.
Another location option for a proposed airport
Good news for local residents concerned about locating a new commercial airport site in south Thurston County. Yakama is a willing partner for the Washington State Transportation Commission looking to find a location for a new airport.
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Click here to read the latest.
2024 LMD Annual Meeting
The 2024 Annual Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 25, 2024, 6:30 -8:30pm.
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Please join us in person at:
Lacey Presbyterian Church
3045 Carpenter Rd SE
(Across from Thurston County Fairgrounds)
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Meeting ID: 841 5571 9799
Passcode: 021914
Click here to download the 2023 LMD Annual Meeting presentation.
LMD History
WA State RCW 36.61 authorized WA counties to create management districts in 1985. A committee of dedicated Long Lake residents in cooperation with County staff submitted County Resolution 8568 on March 9, 1987 that requested a vote by property owners to establish a new Long Lake management district including taxing authority. With Ordinance 8587 on April 13, 1987, Thurston County Commissioners authorized Long Lake Management District 2 for a period of five years. Since then, at the request of the Long Lake Management District Steering Committee, Thurston County adopted six subsequent Long Lake Management District resolutions covering the following years continuously.
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Click here to download a more complete historical LMD timeline.
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And click here to read a 1997 Long Lake News article capturing the memories of Bill & Blanche Oliva. The Oliva family moved to Long Lake in 1961. They recalled "Millionaires Row", a deadly float plane crash, Richter's Dairy Farm that is now Vista Village, and the Shorewood Villa dance pavilion; the names sake for several subdivisions around the lake. Bill Oliva died in 2012.
