Category Overview
Urban Wildlife Habitat projects fund close-to-home places to play and explore nature. As our urban areas are increasingly expanding and densifying, these grants protect important fish and wildlife habitat within five miles of densely populated areas, creating green refuges that help keep our ecosystems healthy and provide places to enjoy nature right in our backyards.
Project Highlights
City secured 2.22 acres of undeveloped Lake Washington waterfront property adjacent to Juanita Bay Park in Kirkland for preservation of Urban Wildlife Habitat habitat and scarce open space. This site contained the last undeveloped shoreline property on Juanita Bay and expanded the public shoreline from 3,450 to approximately 3,700 lineal feet.