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“Big vision” paying off for effort to protect 7,000 acres
Channeled through dozens of outdoor recreation and environmental groups, government agencies and local tribes, momentum has been building for more than a decade to buy and preserve nearly 7,000 forested acres stretching from Kingston to Port Gamble and up north to Hansville. The effort, known as the Kitsap Forest & ...
Forested North Kitsap park nearly doubles in size
On Friday, the county finalized the purchase of 366 forested acres adjacent to the 443-acre North Kitsap Heritage Park off Miller Bay Road near Kingston. At 809 acres, the expanded park is now the county’s third largest after Central Kitsap’s Newberry Hill Heritage Park and South Kitsap’s Coulter Creek Heritage ...
Port Susan Farms conserved for agriculture, wildlife
Farming at Port Susan Farms is permanently conserved, after an agreement was signed by property owner Jeff Ellingsen, Forterra (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy) and Snohomish County recently. Read the full article online or download the PDF ...
Saving Dead Man’s Pond
Forterra, a nonprofit formerly known as the Cascade Land Conservancy, purchased the 5-acre property in west Puyallup for $336,000. Forterra will hold the land until the city can gather funds to buy it for public use. The partnership, propped up by funds from The Russell Family Foundation, is one piece ...
Study will look at transferring development rights to protect rural areas
How to protect rural properties in Kitsap County through legal procedures, such as “transfer of development rights,” will be the focus of a $40,000 study conducted by Forterra, a regional land conservation organization. Read the full article online or download the PDF ...
A legacy that will last forever
The city of Mukilteo's purchase of the 98 acre property was the culmination of a long, grassroots campaign to save the area and, by extension, enshrine the narrative of turn of the century Japanese immigrants. Read the full article online or download the PDF ...
