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 Blue Mountain Land Trust will use this grant to permanently extinguish four development rights on about 25 acres in Walla Walla County. The farm supports a fruit orchard, irrigated cropland, and about a half mile of Yellow Hawk Creek. Yellow Hawk Creek is one of the most important distributaries in the Walla Walla Basin for ESA-listed steelhead and bull trout. An agricultural easement on this property will ensure that the productive farmland remain available for farming in perpetuity.