Land Stewardship
Help care for the lands upon which our sustainable future depends.
From neighborhood parks stewarded by volunteers, to managing our iconic conserved landscapes, to restoring river and floodplain habitat along the Cedar and Duwamish Rivers, your support takes care of the lands we all love.
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Green City Partnerships
In cities throughout the region, we engage community volunteers to restore public lands in urban areas to help restore and maintain our urban parks while building community and an ethics of stewardship throughout cities in our region.
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Forterra lands stewardship and restoration
We care for and tend to the lands and conservation easements Forterra is responsible for in 12 counties to enhance their ecological and community value.
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Riparian corridors
We restore the riparian and floodplain habitat along our critical waterways: the Cedar River, Green-Duwamish River, Bear Creek Watershed, and Skykomish River.
When I see a child having a real encounter with a tree that she’s planting, or when I hear someone at a work party saying, ‘This is the first time I’ve ever picked up a shovel,’ that’s why I get out of bed in the morning.
Related Perspectives and News
Wildfires in our backyard
As the fires across Washington continue to grow, Forterra Conservation Director and former wildland firefighter, Jordan Rash, calls on us to support the communities affected by the fires.
Thousands of trees planted to mitigate carbon
Evergreen Carbon Capture, previously known as C3, is the only carbon mitigation program in the western Washington region. We offer a great local solution for businesses to take their ecological responsibility further. Read more about the program here.
Let There Be Green!
The Pacific Northwest is known for its lush flora year round, but each spring we are again reminded of its awe-inspiring emerald qualities. This week we are singing the praises of a few of our favorite native plants in celebration of Native Plant Appreciation Week!
Is Anyone Here a Nurse (Log)?
We here in the Pacific Northwest are very lucky to have true old-growth forests in our midst, where Douglas Firs, Western Hemlocks, and Western Red Cedars have been standing for hundreds of years.
Keeping Dead Man’s Pond habitat alive
Thanks to support from The Russell Family Foundation, Forterra was recently able to acquire five urban wetland acres in southwest…
Mukilteo Saves Historic Japanese Gulch for Community
The City of Mukilteo has purchased 98 acres within Japanese Gulch for $5.4 million dollars from the court-ordered Metropolitan Mortgage…
700 acres of wildlife habitat near Easton conserved
Forterra and partners conserved nearly 700 acres of wildlife habitat in the Upper Kittitas Valley in December 2014. On December…
The natural legacy we leave to future generations shouldn’t be part of the D.C. political scrum
Protecting our land and water used to be above politics. It should be again. Iroquois wisdom held that we should…