SEATTLE, WA – The Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and Forterra, with funding from state and federal grant sources as well as from a private loan, recently protected the 297-acre Lower Big Beef Creek property near Seabeck, preserving its salmon […]
HAMILTON, Wash. 30 APRIL 2019 — Today, the conservation group Forterra announced that is has committed $1 million to help residents move out of the flood plain and to restore the river in Hamilton, a small Skagit Valley community that
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In 1983, the third Monday in January became a federal holiday in honor and memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Eleven years later, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday as the United States’ first and only
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Forterra says it closed last month on its purchase of land near Gold Bar from Weyerhaeuser. SEATTLE — A Seattle-based land conservancy has purchased 0.3 square miles of land from a timber company to preserve the popular Lake Serene Trail.
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Forterra purchased 190 acres of land in September to permanently preserve a popular hiking trail near Index, Wash. Editor’s note: The attached video originally aired August 16, 2017 when Forterra learned the Lake Serene trail was in jeopardy. Land conservancy
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The hiking trail, east of the town of Gold Bar, travels through thick timber to Lake Serene, a spot at the foot of Mount Index. Seattle-based land conservancy Forterra closed last month on its purchase of 190 acres of land
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A hike to Lake Serene brings hard-earned rewards Getting to Lake Serene might just be the best day hike in the world, given the mix of hearty exercise, conifer-tinged fresh air, sweeping views and, of course, the big payoff at
But supporters say there is a scarcity of areas where the purchased development rights can be used. ARLINGTON — Third-generation farmer Andrew Albert knew of a time when more than a dozen dairy farms dotted the roads to his family’s
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The first steps on a path to preserving 250,000 acres of land, and lately protecting urban spaces and cultures, were taken a quarter-century ago with a 116-acre beaver dam in a Sammamish Plateau wetland. The wetland was owned by Weyerhaeuser.
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SEATTLE, 26-APRIL-2018 — Gene Duvernoy founded Forterra (formerly the Cascade Land Conservancy) in 1989 in the attic of his home, building on the work of dedicated volunteers like Gerry Johnson. In the nearly thirty years since, Gene’s bold leadership and
