Tenino City Park is a regional attraction, offering a huge spring-fed Quarry Pool that is a popular regional attraction and also on the national historic register. The park offers day use, overnight camping, ball fields, an historic train depot, and serves as a trailhead for the Yelm-Tenino Trail, which also intersects the Chehalis Western Trail. Community surveys have shown tremendous support for expansion of the park. This project will acquire 6.27 acres of land upslope of the Quarry Pool and existing atheletic fields. The land is forested and vital to the integrity of the existing park property. Acquisition will not only protect existing park resources and the viewshed, but also provide public ownership of property that provides a vital trail link between properties owned by the Heernett Foundation. This project represents the first phase in a partnership between the City and Foundation to provide a trail corridor, wildlife habitat, birdwatching and environmental education. Phase 1 will secure the land most important for inclusion in the City Park. The current property owner has given Tenino until summer 2009 to obtain the necessary funds to purchase the property before it is logged. Weyerhaeuser has stated that they do not plan to keep the property post harvest.