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 […]
Four-generation family farm saved from development Read More »
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
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
Study will look at transferring development rights to protect rural areas Read More »
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
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
Pierce County has secured the final funding piece it needs to preserve 154 acres of farmland in the Puyallup River Valley and complete the largest farmland conservation project in the county’s history. Read the full article online or download the
Funding secured for prime farm acreage in Puyallup River Valley Read More »
The conservation component of the Yakima Canyon Scenic Byway project got a $30,000 boost from the outdoor recreation industry this week. Download the PDF.
Outdoor industry donates $30K to Yakima Canyon conservation Read More »
City People’s Garden Store in Seattle is taking seriously its commitment to the environment by pledging to stop selling any of the invasive plants or noxious weeds that appear on King County’s Noxious Weed and plants of Concern lists, and
City People’s Garden Store first in King County not to sell invasives Read More »
A coalition of conservation minded lobbyists is meeting this week with Washington state’s congressional delegation to support funding for a program that helped fund a Dewatto Forest conservation easement straddling the Kitsap-Mason county line. Read the full article online or
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