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Upper Bear Creek Conservation Area
- Status
- Funded in 2001
This 94 acre acquisition establishes a key linkage in the Upper Bear Creek Conservation Area (UBCCA). The UBCCA, covering over 460 acres and 1.5 stream miles, was identified in King County's Waterways 2000 Report as providing the most diverse and undisturbed habitat in the Bear Creek system. The salmonid species benefiting from the linkage formed by this acquisition include chinook, coho, sockeye, steelhead, cutthroat, and kokanee. The property also provides valuable opportunities for University of Washington research as well as environmental education partnerships with the adjacent Timbercrest Junior High School. King County has been very successful in working with property owners in the UBCCA, with over an 80% participation rate. This cooperative relationship has resulted in the fee purchase of 120 acres, purchase of an additional 52 acres of conservation easements, and enrollment of over 200 acres in property tax reduction programs that retain conservation areas and rural land uses.
Location
Take SR 522 east from I-405 to the NE 190th Street exit just north of the city of Woodinville. Turn right on NE 190th Street and travel east (190th becomes Woodinville Duvall Rd) on the Woodinville Duvall Rd for about 3 miles to Paradise Lake Rd NE (signaled intersection). Turn left on Paradise Lake Rd (north). Reach A is all properties on the right hand side (east) of Paradise Lake Rd up to the county boundary. Turn right on 204th Ave NE (Thomas Bros page 477, H4) and the property targeted in this aquisition is south and east of this private gravel road.
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Upper Bear Creek Conservation Area
- This 94 acre acquisition establishes a key linkage in the Upper Bear Creek Conservation Area (UBCCA). The UBCCA, covering over 460 acres and 1.5 stream miles, was identified in King County's Waterways 2000 Report as providing the most diverse and undisturbed habitat in the Bear Creek system. The salmonid species benefiting from the linkage formed by this acquisition include chinook, coho, sockeye, steelhead, cutthroat, and kokanee. The property also provides valuable opportunities for University of Washington research as well as environmental education partnerships with the adjacent Timbercrest Junior High School. King County has been very successful in working with property owners in the UBCCA, with over an 80% participation rate. This cooperative relationship has resulted in the fee purchase of 120 acres, purchase of an additional 52 acres of conservation easements, and enrollment of over 200 acres in property tax reduction programs that retain conservation areas and rural land uses.
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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.
