Press Releases
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Forterra Awards Community Restoration Grant to Partner in Employment in South King County
Highlights: Partner in Employment (PIE) receives $25,000 Community Restoration Grant to support Youth Restoration Training Crew PIE’s next Training Crew cohort begins February 13 Next funding round of Forterra’s Community Restoration Grants opens March 1 Seattle, Wash. – February 12, 2024 - Forterra has rewarded Partner in Employment (PIE) $25,000 ...
Forterra Celebrates 25-year Commitment to Snoqualmie River Watershed with Conservation of 600-acre Bessemer Mountain
(Seattle) — This year marks the 25th year of Forterra’s commitment to conservation of habitat in the upper Snoqualmie Watershed. Over that time, Forterra has worked with persistence and innovation to conserve nearly 100,000 acres in the area through more than a dozen transactions involving private landowners, multiple government agencies ...
FORMER GIRL SCOUT PROPERTY CAMP KLAHANEE TO BE CONSERVED BY FORTERRA AND DONATED TO POLSON MUSEUM
Highlights: Nonprofit Polson Park and Museum Historical Society to acquire Camp Klahanee The site, an 80-acre property north of Hoquiam, was formerly operated by the Girl Scouts of Western Washington for six decades The camp will be reopened and available to the surrounding community The Polson Museum will provide recreation ...
FORTERRA LAUNCHES COMMUNITY RESTORATION GRANTS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECTS
Highlights: Forterra’s Community Restoration Grants to provide funding support for local environmental and community health projects The first round of funding opens Sept. 1, 2023 Grants are open to individuals, nonprofits, schools, Tribal governments and community-based organizations in Washington SEATTLE, Wash. – Today, Forterra launched its Community Restoration Grants program, ...
Forterra Statement Regarding Approval of New OPIEU Local 8 Bargaining Unit
Today, Forterra released the following statement regarding a segment of employees' affirmative vote on approval of a new OPIEU Local 8 bargaining unit: "We are proud of Forterra’s inclusive workplace and excellent pay and benefits, and we're excited to continue doing the important work of protecting Washington’s wild places and ...
Forterra Continues Conservation Work in the Chehalis Basin
Highlights: Forterra and its partners are continuing their work in the Chehalis Basin, Washington’s second-largest intact watershed It’s part of a multi-stakeholder strategy to restore habitat and reduce flood damage Forterra worked with a landowner to move out of the floodplain at Wynoochee River Forterra also transferred the 28-acre Wishkah ...