Conservation And Land Stewardship

A collaborative partnership of restoration efforts on the Cedar River that supported a healthy system – stabilizing banks, casting shade to keep the river cool for salmon, and providing food and shelter for wildlife.

Forterra worked with private landowners and public partners like the Thornton Creek alliance and King County, to control knotweed along and restore healthy ecosystems within this highly urbanized watershed.

In 2001, Forterra, the City of Tukwila and local citizen group Friends of the Hill formed a partnership to work towards the preservation of a 10.5 acre parcel slated for industrial development. The parcel of historical, cultural and ecological significance in Tukwila.

Forterra worked with landowners to stop the spread of knotweed on Bear Creek, improving and enhancing water quality and wildlife habitat while preserving landowner landscape preferences.

The Maloney Creek and Forest property permanently protects old-growth forest and habitat connectivity. Conserving Maloney Creek and Forest will protect ecosystems with specialized habitat for species particularly vulnerable to climate change.

The Teanaway Community Forest, Washington’s first Community Forest, is a model designed to empower communities to partner with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to purchase forests that support local economies and public recreation.

Forterra and Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group (HCSEG) announced in January 2022, the buy, hold and transfer of 50 acres of critical salmon habitat along Big Beef Creek, a tributary to Hood Canal. Conserves in perpetuity the final piece to a 302-acre restoration project along Hood Canal.