Description ● Partners ● Location ● Photos

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438 living units, two roads and two bridges are planned for the only remaining critical habitat buffer surviving in Amon Basin. Without this 125 acre buffer for Amon Creek Natural Preserve the last significant stand for the Black-tailed jackrabbit in the Tri-Cities will be destroyed. The most unique natural area in our urban area will be severely impacted forever.

Your generosity completed the first two Amon Basin Community Projects. You set aside the West Fork of Amon Creek as a Natural Preserve, establishing a natural wildlife corridor sharing trails and open space with beaver, river otter, 100 bird species, jackrabbits, badger and coyotes. This will be our last chance to ensure this legacy survives. Amon Basin Central Park and Preserve is at great risk: please come to its rescue!

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We urgently need photos to document plants, people walking, and wildlife on the Amon shrub steppe property detailed in the Photos area below. No photos of Amon Creek at this time, please. The next month is crucial because of the blooms and migratory wildlife present. High resolution preferred. Send via jpeg format to Scott Woodward.
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Thanks to our partners:

The Trust for Public Lands

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
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Where is Amon Basin? The threatened Amon Basin open space borders the Amon Creek Natural Preserve, in S. Richland. Containing wetlands and shrub steppe, Amon Creek extends north from the intersection of Leslie & Clearwater Roads to Columbia Park Trail and into the Yakima River.
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The development clock is ticking on Amon Basin. Join with hundreds of citizens to purchase the last remaining open space buffering Amon Creek. Help us create a legacy–Amon Basin Central Park that will increase quality of life, property values, and recreational opportunities.
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Thanks to Cynthia Shaw for her rendering of the proposed Springwater Development at Amon Basin. See the before and after concept below or here.

Amon Basin overview map showing all three phases of the project.

Before and after view looking east from the end of Center Drive.


Before and after view looking north from the Leslie Road / Rachel Road intersection.


Proposed Springwater Site Plan looking north.
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