Forterra has launched a $500,000 fundraising campaign to purchase 765 acres in Kitsap County located within the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park. Forterra had previously transferred 82 acres of mature forest stands, and ultimately will transfer the land to Kitsap County.
For over four decades, the Boling family has lived and cared for their farm near the historic Ebey’s Reserve. Working with Whidbey Camano Land Trust (WCLT), they placed an easement on the Boling Farm. Adjacent to nearly 200 acres of farm and forested land protected by the National Park Service and WCLT, national reserve lands and farmland blend together…
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Years ago, Gary Miles and his wife Betty made plans to leave their 10-acres forested property on Samish Island to Skagit Land Trust. When Betty passed in 2019 and Gary in 2020, the property came to the land trust in July 2022 along with a stewardship bequest to manage the land. During their lifetime, Betty and…
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Working with longtime partners at the Northwest Watershed Institute (NWI) and the U.S. Navy, Jefferson Land Trust recently acquired a 91-acres property of forest, wetland and streams at the headwaters of Discovery Creek. Working collaboratively with partners like the Navy, NWI and the land trust have permanently protected over 1,200 acres of land in the Tarboo-Dabob Bay Area.
Back in February, North Cascades Buddhist Priory transferred 270 acres along the Nisqually River to the Nisqually Land Trust. The habitat supports all five species of salmonid native to Washington, and creates the first pileated woodpecker preserve in the state. Additional support came from the WA State RCO Salmon Recovery Funding Board’s Puget Sound Acquisition & Restoration Program, Puget Sound Partnership, and Nisqually Delta Environmental…
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Caring for the land forms a connection that last forever. The Andrews Family worked with Inland Northwest Land Conservancy to ensure their family farm near Fernan Lake was forever protected with a conservation easement.
Lummi Island Heritage Trust purchased a 120-acre “keystone property” which sits directly between the trust’s Aiston Preserve and several acres protected by the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
The Mount Si Resource Conservation Area area has expanded, along with protection of old-growth forest in the Central Cascades. Forterra donated the parcel to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Hilary Franz, Commissioner of Public Lands at DNR said “I wanted to express my gratitude to Forterra and the Cugini family for their work to forever protect this iconic stand of cedars…
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In the middle of a city, the Anacortes Community Forest protects old growth forest, three lakes, wetlands and 50 miles of trails. In April, Skagit Land Trust announced that it had partnered with Friends of the Forest to add an additional 253 acres to the existing 3,000 acres.
“[A]fter 19 years of conservation work on Vashon, I still encounter completely new situations every year,” Tom Dean, Conservation Director at Vashon Land Trust recalls the work to preserve Morningside Farm on Vashon Island, one of the few large tracts of island land in private hands.