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The Washington Association of Land Trusts (WALT) seeks an exceptional Executive Director to help lead and serve a thriving statewide association of over 30 land conservation nonprofits. This is a unique opportunity to head a growing organization with a bold vision and a strong track record in delivering legislative victories, developing innovative new programs, and…
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Washington Farmland Trust has now conserved 426 acres of farmland in the Stillaguamish River Valley, a treasured landscape that connects food, fish, and water. Lund Farm and Williams Farm are the two newest additions. Read more via Washington Farmland Trust.

As of last week, Kalen Cottingham has retired as the Director of the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO). Over the course of her nearly 15 years leading the agency, she has overseen an incredible array of important projects supporting salmon recovery, expanding recreation access, wildlife protection, and working lands conservation. We didn’t want to let…
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Washington’s 67th legislative session closed on April 25th. Though it was technically a regular session, the last 105 days were anything but. With the legislative session being held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, this opened up new opportunities and challenges for elected officials and stakeholders alike. Download the full legislative wrap-up here.   WALT…
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MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021 Contact: Nick Norton, Washington Association of Land Trusts, nick[at]walandtrusts.org Contact: Brittany Gallagher, The Nature Conservancy, brittany.gallagher[at]tnc.org Contact: Zachary DeWolf, Washington Environmental Council, zachary[at]wecprotects.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE State’s Community Forest Program receives $16.3 million in inaugural year Six community forest projects to be funded in the capital budget OLYMPIA – Washington’s 2021-23…
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MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021 Contact: Megan Nann, megan@walandtrusts.org Contact: Brittany Gallagher, brittany.gallagher@tnc.org PDF Version FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE $16.3 million for new Community Forests grant program in state Senate’s proposed capital budget   Strong support from chamber would fund six projects across Washington OLYMPIA – Senate budget writers included $16.3 million for a new Community Forest…
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The process for submitting advocacy issue nominations is now open! Share your nominations by the fall deadline of October 16th.
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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 22, 2020 CONTACT: Megan Nann, 206-274-2910 x2, megan@walandtrusts.org Washington Association of Land Trusts applauds Congressional passage of Great American Outdoors Act  Seattle, WA —Earlier today, the Great American Outdoors Act (S.B. 3422/H.R. 7092) passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 310 to 107.  The Great American Outdoors…
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Washington’s 66th legislative session closed on Thursday, March 12th. This session was described as a “storms of bills”, with a relatively large number of legislative proposals introduced for only a 60-day short session. This meant that there were additional logistical barriers to passing legislation, even if it was not controversial and received bi-partisan support. However,…
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