Category Overview
Conserving land along our waterways protects important habitat and helps keep our rivers healthy, clean, and more resilient to drought. Riparian Protection projects conserve and restore fresh and saltwater habitat while protecting fish habitat. In doing so, the grants help provide our families, farms, and fisheries with clean water across the state.
Project Highlights
The Department of Natural Resources will use this grant to acquire nearly 85 acres for inclusion in the Stavis Natural Resources Conservation Area. This forested shoreline property includes fishbearing streams leading to Hood Canal, feeder bluffs, riparian habitat and tidelands. The primary conservation opportunity provided by this project is increased protection of a large biologically diverse mature forested Kitsap Peninsula landscape and Puget Sound nearshore habitat and critical wetland complexes.