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 Washington Department of Natural Resources used this grant to buy 15.94 acres within the Woodard Bay NRCA, protecting important habitat for wildlife, including nesting bald eagles, a significant heron rookery, and the largest harbor seal nursery, and habitat for shorebirds and songbirds, river otters, and a maternity colony of bats.