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Forterra facilitates $3.5 million purchase of 113 acres in Pierce County for Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club Conservation Land Foundation
Land conservation project safeguards forest, wetlands and stream habitat – while expanding public access and preserving traditional use Oct. 24, 2025 – Forterra has successfully facilitated the $3.49 million purchase of 113 acres in the Frederickson area of Pierce County on behalf of the Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club Conservation Land Foundation ...
Forterra and Yakama Nation preserve Frog’s Home, returning ancestral lands to the Yakama Nation.
YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. – Washington state land trust Forterra and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (“Yakama Nation”) have completed the purchase and transfer of a 180-acre property known as “Frog’s Home” along the Yakima River. This multi-year partnership resulted in the return of the ecologically and ...
Forterra Secures nearly $1.8 Million EPA Grant to Clean Up Historic Roslyn Mine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Highlights: Forterra purchased 30-acre Kittitas County mine site in 2020 with Washington Department of Commerce funding to help clean and restore land for public use. The EPA selected Forterra for a nearly $1.8 million cleanup grant in 2024 and formally awarded the grant in Spring this year ...
News Release from “Homestead Community Land Trust”
- Read the original release from Homestead Community Land Trust - Homestead Community Land Trust Acquires Hilltop Property in Tacoma for Community-Centered Development FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2025 Site Secured for Equitable Development and Permanent Affordability TACOMA, WA – Homestead Community Land Trust is proud to announce the purchase ...
40 acres of unique, at-risk habitat protected at Woods Lake in Snohomish County
Forterra completes the acquisition and transfer to Tulalip Tribes for long-term stewardship and cultural access Highlights: Forterra purchased 40 acres of unique freshwater bog habitat and surrounding forested wetlands at Woods Lake in Snohomish County. Forterra transferred this property to the Tulalip Tribes for culturally-informed ecological stewardship. This purchase was ...
Forterra Timber Rights Purchase fills critical conservation gap in Central Cascades
30-acre Hancock Creek transaction preserves old-growth and mature forest Oct. 11, 2024. KING COUNTY, Wash. – Located along the western rim of the Cascades, close enough to the Salish Sea for the endangered marbled murrelet to make a round trip back with food for nestlings hidden high in the branches ...

 
 