Category Overview
Farmland Preservation protects valuable farmland and habitat for recreationally important animals, like salmon, birds, deer, and elk. These projects allow families to continue farming the land they have worked on for generations, and provide Washingtonians with healthy local food and a diverse economy. WWRP is the only source of farmland preservation funding in the state budget.
Project Highlights
Blue Mountain Land Trust will use this grant to permanently extinguish approximately 47 development rights on about 1,947 acres through an agricultural conservation easement. The property is located at the headwaters of North Patit Creek, straddling the ridge between the Patit Creek and Tucannon River basins in Columbia County. The primary benefit of this project is the preservation of working ranchland.