Yelm City Administrator helps secure $1.2M Federal Grant to Start Draft Habitat Conservation Plan

“Rather than having a piecemeal approach where every individual resident and developer would be coming up with their own plan individually with U.S. Fish and Wildlife, this is the city stepping in and saying, ‘hey, we’ll help and develop a coordinated comprehensive approach that’s good for economic development and good for the environment, and good for the endangered species,” City Administrator Michael Grayum said.