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
The Department of Natural Resources will use this grant to acquire approximately 482 acres in the Mount Si, Middle Fork Snoqualmie, and West Tiger Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Areas. The priority properties provide crucial habitat within the Mountains to Sound Greenway which is a National Scenic Byway comprised of 100-mile landscape of forests, wildlife habitat and open spaces along Interstate 90. The primary conservation opportunity provided by this project is protection of significant urban wildlife habitat, open space and wildlife connections and, opportunities for low-impact public use and outdoor environmental education.