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In November the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board released a ranked list of 10 WWRP farmland preservation projects to be approved by the legislature in 2009.  Click on the proposed projects below, then "Take Action" to ask your legislators to support them.

The legislature added the Farmland Preservation account to the WWRP grant program in 2005. It helps cities and counties preserve working farms for their value as agricultural land, habitat, buffers against urban expansion, and as water resources.

2009 Funded Projects
Black River Ranch - Thurston County Parks & Rec - $1,096,580

Project Need Thurston County is one of the most rapidly...

Brown Dairy - County of Jefferson - $95,047

Jefferson County and Jefferson Land Trust are applying for grant...

Ebey's Reserve Farmland - Engle II - County of Island - $672,500

The proposal is for Island County and the Land Trust...

Finn Hall Farm - County of Clallam - $868,075

Finn Hall Farm, located in eastern Clallam County on the...

Finnriver Farm - County of Jefferson - $207,500

Jefferson County and Jefferson Land Trust are seeking funds for...

Lower Methow Farmland - County of Okanogan - $395,908

The scope of this project is to purchase a conservation...

Nelson Ranch Farmland - County of Okanogan - $616,050

Okanogan County seeks to protect Nelson Ranch’s 1,026 acres of...

Peoples Ranch 2nd Acquisition - County of Snohomish - $343,210

The Peoples Ranch 2nd Acquisition Project will allow Snohomish County...

Smith Farm - County of Skagit - $319,455

The Smith Farm Project will enable the Skagit County Farmland...

Triple Creek Ranch 2008 - County of Kittitas - $650,425

Triple Creek Ranch has been owned by the same family...

Wade Road Farm Project - County of Kittitas - $175,500

We have an opportunity to protect one of the only...

Whatcom PDR 2008 - County of Whatcom - $379,750

This grant will be used to help the Whatcom County...

1990 - 2008 Funded Projects
Biderbost Farm - County of Snohomish - $280,710
Bonlie Development Rights Acquisition - County of King - King County - $314,800
Crown-S Ranch Farmland - County of Okanogan - $213,750
Dungeness Farmland - County of Clallam - Clallam County - $349,849
Ebey's Reserve Farmland - County of Island - Island County - $750,000
Ebey's Reserve Farmland - Engle - County of Island - $750,000
Eldridge Farm Acquisition - County of Whatcom - Whatcom County - $104,310
Glendale Farm - County of Jefferson - $546,737
Koch Farm Acquisition - City of Kent - Kent Parks, Rec & Comm Serv - $400,000
Methow Farmland - County of Okanogan - Okanogan County - $400,748
Orting Valley Farms - County of Pierce - $750,000
Peoples Ranch - County of Snohomish - $750,000
Rattlesnake Hills Working Rangelands - County of Yakima - $576,650
Sequim Farmland - City of Sequim - City of Sequim - $750,000
Smith Prairie Farmland - Ebey's Reserve - County of Island - Island County - $390,850
Terry's Berries Farm - County of Pierce - $291,370
Useless Bay East Farmland - County of Island - $500,000
Werkhoven Dairy Acquisition - County of Snohomish - Snohomish County - $143,050
Willie Greens Organic Farm - County of Snohomish - $78,210
Green Marker Biderbost Farm
The Biderbost Farm Project will allow Snohomish County to purchase...
47.84 -121.96
Green Marker Bonlie Development Rights Acquisition
The goal of this project is to purchase the development...
47.66 -121.91
Green Marker Crown-S Ranch Farmland
Okanogan County and the Methow Conservancy propose to protect 49.57...
48.44 -120.17
Green Marker Dungeness Farmland
This Dungeness Organic Farmland project will purchase the development rights...
48.1264553306 -123.104896545
Green Marker Ebey's Reserve Farmland
The proposal is to acquire agricultural conservation easements on 3...
48.19 -122.67
Green Marker Ebey's Reserve Farmland - Engle
The proposal is for Island County and the Land Trust...
48.2 -122.68
Green Marker Eldridge Farm Acquisition
Whatcom County will use this grant to acquire development rights...
48.9246141277 -122.27581501
Green Marker Glendale Farm
Jefferson County and Jefferson Land Trust will use this grant...
48.0 -122.77
Green Marker Koch Farm Acquisition
This acquisition is to buy the development rights of 6.16...
47.38 -122.25
Green Marker Methow Farmland
Using funds from the IAC Farmland Preservation Account, Okanogan County...
48.4 -120.13
Green Marker Orting Valley Farms
The Orting Valley Farms is a partnership between Pierce County,...
47.07 -122.19
Green Marker Peoples Ranch
The Peoples Ranch Project will allow Snohomish County to purchase...
47.8 -121.99
Green Marker Rattlesnake Hills Working Rangelands
The scope of this project is to purchase development rights...
46.52 -120.35
Green Marker Sequim Farmland
This Sequim Prairie Farmland Project is to purchase the development...
48.1 -123.09
Green Marker Smith Prairie Farmland - Ebey's Reserve
The subject 66.5-acre farmland property is located at the south...
48.2 -122.63
Green Marker Terry's Berries Farm
Terry's Berries is a 21 acre CSA share farm in...
47.23 -122.37
Green Marker Useless Bay East Farmland
The proposal is to acquire an agricultural conservation easement on...
48.0 -122.48
Green Marker Werkhoven Dairy Acquisition
Snohomish County's Purchase of Development Rights program (PDR) is a...
47.83 -121.99
Green Marker Willie Greens Organic Farm
The Willie Greens Organic Farm Project will allow Snohomish County...
47.82 -121.99

Note: Not all projects are shown.

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