Goal: Conserve the ecological integrity and extraordinary biological diversity of the Methow Watershed. Objectives: 1. Protect parcels containing critical habitats (shrub-steppe, riparian) under-represented in the protected land base, and link these parcels to existing public lands. 2. Maintain cross-valley corridors to facilitate animal movements. Activities: Secure approximately 1070 acres of critical riparian and shrub-steppe, including over 3000 feet of stream frontage, through fee title and conservation easement (CE) purchases. Benefits: 1. Conserve the upper valley’s largest privately held block of shrub-steppe habitat, which is critical for sharp-tailed grouse recovery in the watershed. 2. Protect migratory corridors for deer and the rare carnivores that depend on them. 3. Protect habitat for over 40 priority habitats and species, including sharp-tail grouse, spring Chinook, steelhead, bull trout, and rare carnivores. 4. Secure an important reach of Beaver Creek that contains critical habitat for listed anadromous fish. 5. Improve management efficiencies by linking large blocks of existing public ownership. 6. Enhance public fishing, hunting, and watchable wildlife opportunities. 7. Support the valley’s recreational community trail system. 8. Support local economies through ecologically sustainable land use and the maintenance of working landscapes. 9. Match for USFWS funding. 10. Addresses the objectives of state and regional planning efforts.