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Forterra gets comfortable with cities and small towns alike

Ten years ago, the then Cascade Land Conservancy launched The Cascade Agenda, a bold plan to conserve 1.3 million acres of forest and farm land in Washington State while fostering healthy growth in cities and towns.  It was big news. Page one stories. Editorials. Even David Broder of the Washington ...

Bothell council to take up golf course deal Tuesday

The conservation group Forterra has offered to buy the Wayne Golf Course front nine, 50 acres along the Sammamish River in Bothell, and hold the land three years to give the city time to raise the funds to buy it and preserve it as open space. Bothell’s City Council will ...

Cedar River Restoration Program winning battle against knotweed

After five years of restoration work on the Cedar River and its tributaries, the collaborative Stewardship in Action (SiA) program is celebrating as the riverbanks have begun to show signs of recovery. In 2010 the Cedar River and its residents were in the throes of a massive knotweed infestation. In ...

In record deal, more than 150 acres of farmland preserved in Pierce County

More than 150 acres along the Puyallup River will be preserved forever as farmland and wildlife habitat. It's the biggest agriculture conservation deal in the history of Pierce County. The farmland has been in the Matlock family since the mid-1940s. During the height of operation they grew more than one ...

Historic farmland deal complete; 2 Puyallup Valley families will keep harvests coming

Two Puyallup Valley farm families have bought 116 acres of prime valley soil in the last piece of a deal to keep suburban development away and complete the largest agriculture conservation project in Pierce County history. The Sidhu family of Sidhu Farms acquired 70 acres of the former Matlock Farm ...

New farmers get help protecting local food’s future

Farmers markets are very popular in the Puget Sound area, but local farm land is getting harder to find. It's too expensive for new farmers, and the old ones are retiring. Sixty years ago, life around Ivan Matlock's farm in Puyallup was a lot different. Today, cars zoom by all ...
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