Source: Great Peninsula Conservancy
Great Peninsula Conservancy and Hood Canal Coordinating Council partner to conserve and restore Big Beef tidelands. A conservation partnership has protected 12 acres of tidelands and uplands on Hood Canal near Seabeck. Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC), the regional land trust operating in Kitsap, north Mason, and west Pierce counties, worked with the Hood Canal Coordinating…
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Posted by Kalie Drago The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust has recently purchased a sprawling 73 acres along Kahler Creek and Nason Creek. The acquisition is an effort for the Land Trust to protect salmon habitat and to conserve the recreational trail for local outdoor enthusiasts . “It’s a great recreational trail, there’s about 22 miles of…
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Source: Columbia Land Trust
Posted by Jay Kosa The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation today announced that Walmart’s Acres for America program, the leading public-private land conservation partnership in the United States, has awarded $3.6 million in grants to conserve important landscapes for fish, wildlife and people across 70,300 acres in Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Washington and, for the first…
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Source: Monga Bay
by Morgan Erickson-Davis, Monga Bay A new study finds grasslands can be more effective than forests at storing carbon in places prone to drought and wildfire – a condition likely to worsen in many parts of the world. This is because grass stores much of its carbon underground in its root mass, which makes it…
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Source: Backpacker Magazine
The Land and Water Conservation Fund has bought land for national parks and long trails, and doesn’t cost taxpayers a thing. So why does the White House want to cut it?
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After nearly eight years of work and anticipation, Whatcom Land Trust announced its newest acquisition of 11.5 acres of valuable estuary habitat in the Drayton Harbor Watershed in Birch Bay.
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Source: Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune
An article by the Okanogan Valley’s Gazette-Tribune shares the story of the Olma family, highland cattle ranchers who decided to permanently protect their family ranch through an agricultural conservation easement.
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Source: San Juan Islander
The Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project will receive $451 million from the federal government for Puget Sound restoration, as part of the bipartisan Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.
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Source: Seattle Times
The Seattle-based land trust Forterra just secured protection of 17.6 acres of shoreline habitat on the picturesque Anderson Island of Pierce County. The Seattle Times called it a “keystone acquisition” by the land trust to help “preserve core ecological and recreation values in Puget Sound, even as the region grows.”
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New funds further salmon recovery efforts spearheaded by land trusts across the state.
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