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 […]
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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
The Snohomish County Council unanimously adopted an update to the County’s Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program on Sept. 4, 2013. The updates make the program a more effective tool for conservation and development, and contribute to regional sustainability. County
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For decades, conservationists and developers struggled to gain a foothold in the iconic watershed that may soon be one of Washington state’s largest ever land purchases. Read the full article online or download the PDF.
You might look across the Chehalis River to south Aberdeen and see only the old docks and what’s left of what Weyerhaeuser left behind when it closed its sawmill. Captain Les Bolton looks across the river and sees Seaport Landing,
Squint and you can see more than Seaport Landing Read More »
Hundreds of cellphones were held aloft in the spirit of conservation solidarity before busy fingers sent the above text to Washington lawmakers. Combining public and private dollars to acquire thousands of acres in the Teanaway River Valley near Cle Elum
Verna Bowechop-Bunn lives as far west as it is possible to go in the continental United States, and nearly as far north, in the tiny town of Neah Bay, Washington, on the Makah Indian reservation. The reservation sits at the northern
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A new program aims to protect Snohomish County’s farms and forests while concentrating building activity elsewhere. The transfer of development rights program creates a marketplace for building credits. Owners of farm and forest lands can sell these credits and continue
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The Tacoma City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 25, 2012 to adopt its first transfer of development rights (TDR) program. The program will allow Tacoma to promote economic development and growth in its 16 mixed-use centers while protecting important farm
A longtime dream is closer to reality with the approval of a nearly $800,000 federal grant for the construction of a Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway interpretive center two miles southeast of Ellensburg. Read the full article online or download
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