Amon Creek Agreements Signed
March 20th, 2007
Richland Wa Homes ~ Sixty acres surrounding the little creek that flows through south Richland is to become a public wildlands park by the end of the month.
The Amon Creek area has been targeted for development. But at least a portion of the Amon Basin will be saved for hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders to enjoy the creek and nearby sagebrush and watch for birds, beaver, deer and coyotes.
Tapteal Greenway Association has been working for three years to save the Amon Basin from being covered with houses, condominiums and roads as building booms in south Richland.
“A group of citizens saw something really valuable,” said Scott Woodward, president of Tapteal Greenway Association.
The group pulled together a patchwork of grants, donations and city money to purchase the land. Last week, five agencies involved in the deal signed agreements to proceed with the sale.
The land that will be purchased is just east of Leslie Road along the west Fork of Amon Creek, and extends from the Lorayne J. Boulevard area on the south to the Center Boulevard area in the Willowbrook neighborhood to the north…[more]
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