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
The Okanogan Land Trust will use this grant to permanently extinguish 80 development rights on about 464 acres of farmland along the Similkameen River, approximately 13 miles north of the City of Loomis in Okanogan County. The property includes significant acreage of both Prime Farmland Soils and soils designated as Farmland of Statewide Importance that supports both seasonal and irrigated rangeland for livestock. Further, this ranch adjoins the existing Similkameen-Chopaka Wildlife Unit owned and managed by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The primary benefit of this project is preservation of working ranchland.