Forterra signed a purchase and sale agreement with Pope Resources to protect 175 forested acres as a nature preserve and a link in the Sound to Olympics Trail on Jan. 22, 2015. The property will be part of the new […]
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Forterra and partners conserved nearly 700 acres of wildlife habitat in the Upper Kittitas Valley in December 2014. On December 20th, Forterra purchased the 640-acre Cole Creek property from Plum Creek Timber Company and transferred it to the Washington Department
700 acres of wildlife habitat near Easton conserved Read More »
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
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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
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North Kitsap Heritage Park has nearly doubled in size thanks to a 366-acre purchase by Kitsap County. Following on the heels of the County’s February 2014 purchase of 535 acres and 1.5 miles of forested shoreline on Port Gamble Bay,
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.
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Snohomish County and Forterra are pleased to announce the 190-acre Port Susan Farms near Stanwood is permanently conserved thanks to the purchase of a working farmland conservation easement. In 2006, lifelong dairy farmer Jeff Ellingsen, Forterra and Snohomish County began
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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
Thanks to support from The Russell Family Foundation, Forterra was recently able to acquire five urban wetland acres in southwest Puyallup, known locally as Dead Man’s Pond, with the intention to permanently conserve it through a partnership with the City
The Makah Tribe and Forterra are pleased to announce the final conservation of 240 acres of forest land near Lake Ozette. The forested land includes a significant stretch of Umbrella Creek, which serves as critical spawning ground for the endangered
