Forest Land Preservation grants help improve opportunities for forest management activity and improve the long-term growth and harvest of timber. These projects help protect many different kinds of forests, including, but not limited to, large-scale industrial forests, small private landowner forests, community forests, and tribally – or publicly-owned and managed forests.
This month’s featured project is Camp Stealth Conservation Easement on the ancestral land of dxʷsəq̓ʷəbš (Suquamish), Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla people. King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Parks & Recreation is using this grant to purchase and permanently extinguish 25 development rights on about 173 acres of forestland at Camp Stealth, by purchasing a conservation easement. The site is forested with Douglas fir with some stands of mixed red cedar, hemlock, and hardwoods. Future timber harvests will focus on forest health, laminated root rot control, and supplemental revenue generation. In addition, this project will create significant public trail connections across Vashon-Maury Island, a rural unincorporated area of King County. The primary benefit of this project is the preservation of working forestland.
