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The Coalition is currently asking the state legislature for $100 million for the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) in the capital construction budget.

WWRP funded Natural Areas include high quality native ecosystems, unique plant or animal communities, endangered or threatened species, rare geological features, or features of scientific or educational value.

Since 1990, the Coalition has secured $69 million for state grants to protect 66 Natural Area projects in Washington State.  Funding is provided for acquisitions only.

Below are lists and a map of proposed and funded WWRP projects. 

2009 Funded Projects
Bone River and Niawiakum River NAPs 2008 - Dept of Natural Resources - $883,312

This proposal is for acquisition of high priority properties within...

Ink Blot and Shumocher Creek NAPs 2008 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,747,200

DNR proposes to buy, manage, and protect wetlands and adjacent...

Lacamas Prairie Natural Area 2008 - Dept of Natural Resources - $3,540,022

Located northeast of Vancouver, in the Puget Trough/Willamette Valley ecoregion,...

Trout Lake NAP 2008 - Dept of Natural Resources - $859,801

This proposed project, in Klickitat County, is for the acquisition...

Washougal Oaks NAP/NRCA 2008 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,709,977

This proposal is for acquisition of privately owned properties located...

1990 - 2008 Funded Projects
Arid Lands NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,027,425
Bald Hill NRCA 2006 - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,601,211
Bone River & Niawiakum River NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $845,250
Carlisle Bog NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $246,330
Cattle Point NRCA 96 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,219,874
Cattle Point NRCA 96 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,219,874
Chehalis River Surge Plain - 1991 - Dept of Natural Resources - $707,073
Chehalis River Surge Plain - 1993 - Dept of Natural Resources - $139,335
Chehalis River Surge Plain NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $48,072
Coastal NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,999,999
Coastal NAP - 1996 - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,434,546
Columbia Hills NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,500,000
Cypress Island Natural Area 00 - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,471,411
Cypress Island Natural Area 02 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,628,786
Cypress Island Natural Area 04 - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,325,076
Cypress Island Natural Area 98 - Dept of Natural Resources - $294,000
Cypress Island NRCA - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,496,980
Cypress Island NRCA - Ph. 2 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,000,000
Cypress Island NRCA, Ph. 1 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,421,970
Cypress Island NRCA, Ph. 3 - Dept of Natural Resources - $910,028
Cypress Island NRCA, Ph. 4 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,000,000
Dyer Haystacks and Two Steppe NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $543,690
Elk River Estuary, Ph. 1 - Dept of Natural Resources - $430,916
Elk River Estuary, Ph. 2 - Dept of Natural Resources - $4,574,401
Elk River NRCA 00 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,402,432
Elk River NRCA 02 - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,542,583
Elk River NRCA 2006 - Dept of Natural Resources - Dept of Natural Resources - $896,070
Entiat Slopes NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $248,195
Estuarine NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,471,392
Freshwater NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $251,267
Golden Paintbrush Preserve - Dept of Natural Resources - $437,556
Hat Island - Dept of Natural Resources - $670,102
Ink Blot and Shumocher Creek NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $523,021
Ink Blot and Shumocher Creek NAPs 04 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,307,460
Kennedy Creek NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $664,807
Klickitat Canyon NRCA 2006 - Dept of Natural Resources - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,811,040
Lacamas Prairie Natural Area 2006 - Dept of Natural Resources - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,315,755
Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 1 - Dept of Natural Resources - $931,924
Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 2 - Dept of Natural Resources - $300,000
Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 3 - Dept of Natural Resources - $373,973
Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 4 - Dept of Natural Resources - $444,281
Lummi Island Natural Area Phase I - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $875,096
Methow Rapids NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $878,325
Methow Rapids NAP 2006 - Dept of Natural Resources - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,257,952
Mount Si NRCA, Ph. 2 - Dept of Natural Resources - $250,000
Mount Si NRCA 98 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,450,025
Mount Si NRCA, Ph. 1 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,513,114
Mount Si NRCA, Ph. 3 - Dept of Natural Resources - $92,976
Niawiakum River NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $40,434
North Bay - Dept of Natural Resources - $766,866
North Bay NAP 00 - Dept of Natural Resources - $628,240
Northern Shrub Steppe - Dept of Natural Resources - $68,077
Old Growth Oak Forest - Dept of Natural Resources - $494,515
Puget Trough Estuarine NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $265,362
Puget Trough Freshwater NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,589,150
Puget Trough NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $800,000
Selah Cliffs NAP 00 - Dept of Natural Resources - $498,225
Selah Cliffs NAP 04 - Dept of Natural Resources - $37,624
Selah Cliffs NAP 2006 - Dept of Natural Resources - $715,785
Stavis NRCA / Kitsap Forest NAP 2002 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,059,781
Swan Marsh - State Parks - $110,395
Table Mountain NRCA 92 - Dept of Natural Resources - $500,000
Teal Slough - Dept of Natural Resources - $426
Washougal Oaks NAP/NRCA 02 - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,432,193
Washougal Oaks NAP/NRCA 04 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,333,762
Washougal Oaks NAP/NRCA 2006 - Dept of Natural Resources - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,878,187
Woodard Bay NRCA 93 - Dept of Natural Resources - $812,383
Green Marker Arid Lands NAPs
This acquisition of 4,000 acres in six Washington counties protects...
45.71 -121.1
Green Marker Bald Hill NRCA 2006
Bald Hill hosts fourteen high priority elements; seven plant associations,...
46.82 -122.41
Green Marker Bone River & Niawiakum River NAPs
This proposal is for acquisition of high priority properties within...
46.66 -123.88
Green Marker Carlisle Bog NAP
DNR proposes to buy a privately owned 80-acre property for...
47.15 -124.08
Green Marker Cattle Point NRCA 96
This project begins acquisition along Griffin Bay on San Juan...
48.46 -122.96
Green Marker Cattle Point NRCA 96
This project begins acquisition along Griffin Bay on San Juan...
48.46 -122.96
Green Marker Chehalis River Surge Plain - 1991
Acquisition of fresh water surge plain wetland and adjoining buffer...
46.94 -123.66
Green Marker Chehalis River Surge Plain - 1993
Acquisition of numerous small privately-owned parcels within Chehalis River Natural...
46.94 -123.66
Green Marker Chehalis River Surge Plain NAP
This proposal is for acquisition of important properties within the...
46.96 -123.7
Green Marker Coastal NAP
Acquisition of high priority and threatened natural resource properties within...
47.05 -124.12
Green Marker Coastal NAP - 1996
This acquisition of 2,500 acres in Grays Harbor and Pacific...
47.05 -124.12
Green Marker Columbia Hills NAP
Acquisition of approximately 3,000 acres to form the Dalles Mountain...
45.71 -121.1
Green Marker Cypress Island Natural Area 00
This proposal is for acquisition of privately-owned waterfront properties on...
48.54 -122.69
Green Marker Cypress Island Natural Area 02
This proposal is for acquisition of privately-owned waterfront properties on...
48.61 -122.71
Green Marker Cypress Island Natural Area 04
This proposal in Skagit County is for acquisition of privately-owned...
48.61 -122.71
Green Marker Cypress Island Natural Area 98
This proposal is for acquisition of 786 acres of high...
48.59 -122.7
Green Marker Cypress Island NRCA
This proposal is for acquisition of high priority private waterfront...
48.59 -122.7
Green Marker Cypress Island NRCA - Ph. 2
Continued acquisition of threatened properties on Cypress Island in San...
48.59 -122.7
Green Marker Cypress Island NRCA, Ph. 1
Acquisition of the most signigicant private lands within the Cypress...
48.59 -122.7
Green Marker Cypress Island NRCA, Ph. 3
Acquisition of the most environmentally significant private lands within the...
48.59 -122.7
Green Marker Cypress Island NRCA, Ph. 4
This acquisition of 85 acres of uplands and wetlands in...
48.59 -122.7
Green Marker Dyer Haystacks and Two Steppe NAPs
This project seeks to protect excellent to good condition examples...
47.99 -119.77
Green Marker Elk River Estuary, Ph. 1
Acquisition of the Elk River Estuary which is the largest,...
46.84 -124.01
Green Marker Elk River Estuary, Ph. 2
Acquisition of the Elk River Estuary to provide for the...
46.84 -124.01
Green Marker Elk River NRCA 00
Through acquisition of land within the proposed Elk River Natural...
46.86 -124.03
Green Marker Elk River NRCA 02
Through land acquisitions within the Elk River Natural Resources Conservation...
46.85 -124.04
Green Marker Elk River NRCA 2006
Through land acquisitions within the Elk River Natural Resources Conservation...
46.87 -124.02
Green Marker Entiat Slopes NAP
This proposal is to acquire 1,495 acres of critical property...
47.64 -120.26
Green Marker Estuarine NAPs
This proposal is for the acquisition of high priority properties...
47.1 -123.08
Green Marker Freshwater NAPs
This proposal is for the acquisition of high priority properties...
47.31 -123.07
Green Marker Golden Paintbrush Preserve
This project will allow permanent protection and management of a...
48.17 -122.68
Green Marker Hat Island
Acquisition of 91 acre Hat Island, which lies on the...
48.52 -122.55
Green Marker Ink Blot and Shumocher Creek NAPs 04
DNR proposes to buy, manage, and protect wetlands and adjacent...
47.3 -123.24
Green Marker Kennedy Creek NAP
The objective of this project is to acquire three priority...
47.09 -123.07
Green Marker Klickitat Canyon NRCA 2006
This project involves the proposed acquisition of 919 acres of...
46.04 -121.24
Green Marker Lacamas Prairie Natural Area 2006
Located north of Vancouver, in the Puget Trough/Willamette Valley ecoregion,...
45.64 -122.46
Green Marker Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 1
Larkspur Meadow complex consists of mosaic open meadows dominated by...
47.47 -120.57
Green Marker Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 2
Larkspur Meadows contains the largest population of both an endangered...
47.47 -120.57
Green Marker Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 3
Larkspur Meadows contains the largest population of both an endangered...
47.47 -120.57
Green Marker Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 4
This purchase in Chelan County protects the most significant and...
47.47 -120.57
Green Marker Lummi Island Natural Area Phase I
The project is located on the west side of Lummi...
48.68 -122.66
Green Marker Methow Rapids NAP
Recent inventories have documented that over one-half of the state's...
48.03 -119.88
Green Marker Methow Rapids NAP 2006
Recent inventories have documented that over one-half of the state's...
48.02 -119.88
Green Marker Mount Si NRCA, Ph. 2
Acquisition in the Mount Si natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA)...
47.5 -121.7
Green Marker Mount Si NRCA 98
Mount Si is an extremely popular conservation area due to...
47.5 -121.7
Green Marker Mount Si NRCA, Ph. 1
Acquisition in the Mount Si Natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA)...
47.5 -121.7
Green Marker Mount Si NRCA, Ph. 3
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47.5 -121.7
Green Marker Niawiakum River NAP
The Niawiakum River is one of the four highest quality...
46.62 -123.9
Green Marker North Bay
Acquisition of a natural area, preserving six types of wetlands,...
47.05 -124.12
Green Marker North Bay NAP 00
This acquisition proposal will add land (under threat of logging,...
47.04 -124.11
Green Marker Northern Shrub Steppe
This proposal is to acquire critical properties within two high...
47.99 -119.77
Green Marker Old Growth Oak Forest
White Salmon Oak Natural Resources Conservation Area(NRCA) (a.k.a. Old Growth...
45.79 -121.51
Green Marker Puget Trough Estuarine NAPs
This proposal is for the acquisition of high priority properties...
47.1 -123.09
Green Marker Puget Trough Freshwater NAPs
This proposal is for the acquisition of high priority properties...
48.72 -122.03
Green Marker Puget Trough NAPs
This proposal is for acquisition of high priority properties within...
47.1 -123.09
Green Marker Selah Cliffs NAP 00
This project is an expansion of the existing Selah Cliffs...
46.71 -120.46
Green Marker Selah Cliffs NAP 04
This project in Yakima County is part of a continued...
46.71 -120.46
Green Marker Selah Cliffs NAP 2006
This project in Yakima County is part of a continued...
46.7 -120.44
Green Marker Stavis NRCA / Kitsap Forest NAP 2002
This is a project to acquire privately owned properties and...
47.59 -122.9
Green Marker Swan Marsh
Acquisition of 140 acres of marsh next to Ledbetter State...
46.6 -124.04
Green Marker Table Mountain NRCA 92
Acquisition of approximately 250 acres in addition to existing ownership...
45.7 -121.99
Green Marker Teal Slough
This acquisition of 140 acres is under one ownership within...
46.43 -123.91
Green Marker Washougal Oaks NAP/NRCA 02
This proposal is for acquisition of privately owned properties located...
45.56 -122.27
Green Marker Washougal Oaks NAP/NRCA 04
This proposal is for acquisition of privately owned properties located...
45.57 -122.26
Green Marker Washougal Oaks NAP/NRCA 2006
This proposal is for acquisition of privately owned properties located...
45.56 -122.27
Green Marker Woodard Bay NRCA 93
Woodard Bay NRCA provides important habitat for wildlife, including nesting...
47.13 -122.85

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