Ink Blot and Shumocher Creek NAPs 2008
WWRP Applicant:
Dept of Natural Resources
WWRP Category:
Natural Areas
Status:
Funded in 2009
WWRP Grant:
$1,747,200
Project Type:
Acquisition
County:
Mason
Legislative District:
35th
Description
The Washington Department of Natural Resources will use this grant to buy 168.5 acres to protect wetlands and adjacent uplands in two state natural area preserves - Ink Blot and Shumocher Creek. These preserves contain three imperiled wetland and bog ecosystems and seven very rare or high quality occurrences of wetland plant communities. One of the plant communities found on Shumocher Creek Preserve, the Sitka alder/skunk cabbage-water parsley community, has a very restricted geographic range; it is only found in the Puget Trough ecoregion and is critically imperiled globally. At both sites, the grant will help buy land that contains the rare and high quality wetlands or that border the wetlands. (08-1179)
RCO Project Number:
08-1179
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.
