Ink Blot Natural Area Preserve

{{Short description|Natural area in Mason County, Washington state, United States of America}}

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| location = Southwest Washington, Washington, United States

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| established = 2010

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| governing_body = Washington Department of Natural Resources

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Ink Blot Natural Area Preserve is a Washington state Natural Area Preserve located in Mason County. The preserve totals {{convert|153|acre}}, mostly wetlands and Sphagnum bogs in three parallel glacier-formed basins.{{citation|title=Ink Blot Natural Area Preserve|publisher=Washington State Department of Natural Resources|url=http://www.dnr.wa.gov/AboutDNR/ManagedLands/Pages/amp_na_inkblot.aspx.aspx|access-date=2013-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413220359/http://www.dnr.wa.gov/aboutdnr/managedlands/pages/amp_na_inkblot.aspx.aspx|archive-date=2013-04-13|url-status=dead}}

The preserve was created in 2010 with a purchase by the State of Washington from a private landowner.{{citation|url=http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/em_annualreport10.pdf|publisher=Washington State Department of Natural Resources|title=Commissioner of Public Lands - Annual Report 2010|date=March 2011|access-date=2013-05-20}}