Farmland Preservation
The Coalition requests that the legislature appropriate $90 million in the 2013-15 capital budget to fund over 100 projects towards the preservation of wildlife habitat, the protection of working farms and the creation of neighborhood parks and ballfields in communities across Washington.
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. WWRP grants allow farmers to continue working the land their families have owned for generations. Click on any of the proposed projects below, then Take Action to ask your legislators to support them.
Since 2005, the Coalition has secured $12.5 million for state grants to fund 29 Farmland Preservation projects in Washington State.
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Broers Organic Berry Farm
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Snohomish County will use this grant to purchase development rights...
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Crown-S Ranch Farmland
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Okanogan County, in partnership with the Methow Conservancy, will use...
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Dungeness Farmland
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Clallam County will use this grant to preserve 38 acres...
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Ebey's Reserve Farmland
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Island County will use this grant to protect 150 acres...
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Methow Farmland
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Okanogan County will use this grant to purchase a conservation...
- 48.39945582 -120.13151668
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Sequim Farmland
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Sequim will use this grant to protect 40 acres of...
- 48.10444444 -123.09055555
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Smith Farm
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Skagit County will use this grant to buy the development...
- 48.35640438 -122.41691472
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Trout Lake Valley Farm
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The Columbia Land Trust will use this grant to buy...
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Useless Bay East Farmland
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Island County will use this grant to buy an agricultural...
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Short Family Farm
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Jefferson Land Trust will use this WWRP grant to purchase...
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Trout Lake Valley
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The Columbia Land Trust will use this grant for acquisition...
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Note: Not all projects are shown. 
Ask your legislator to support these projects!
Proposed Projects for 2012 - 2013 21 total projects $8,341,214
1990 - 2010 Funded Projects 27 total projects $11,992,602
What is the WWRP?
The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) is a state grant program that creates and conserves local and state parks, wildlife habitat and working farms. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office administers WWRP grants, and the legislature funds the program.
