"Puyallup Land Conservation a Boon for Endangered Turtles, City Residents" http://t.co/JDSZrPJX

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May 22nd, 2012

Read about the recent conservation project of Dead Man's Pond we completed w/ the City of Puyallup! http://t.co/N410wGsW

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May 22nd, 2012

Puyallup Land Conservation a Boon for Endangered Turtles, City Residents

May 22nd, 2012
By Forterra

PUYALLUP, WA,  May 22 - Thanks to funding from the Pierce County Conservation Futures Program, Forterra (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy) and the City of Puyallup conserved 8.66 acres of forested wetlands in southwest Puyallup. Forterra negotiated the sale of the propert

. @GreenCityTacoma is looking for a volunteer Habitat Steward to help lead long-term, restoration efforts in the city: http://t.co/KhRYMjMv

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May 22nd, 2012

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2012 Conservation Awards Breakfast Main Video

2012 Conservation Awards Breakfast Award Winners

2012 Conservation Awards Breakfast Lifetime Achievement Award: Ron Allen

Pearl Jam partners with nonprofit Forterra, 12 Seattle businesses to cut carbon impact

May 17th, 2012
By Valeria Bauman, Puget Sound Business Journal

Seattle-based rock band Pearl Jam is partnering with environmental nonprofit Forterra to recruit businesses to a new program that calculates carbon output, and then works to minimize it and mitigate it through planting trees that absorb carbon. “Twenty years ago recycli

Forterra Partners with Rock Bands, Sports Teams and Businesses to Mitigate Carbon Through a New Tree

May 17th, 2012
By Forterra

It’s a bold idea – and what better place to start than in one of the greenest cities in the United States? That’s the thought behind a new program aimed to recruit businesses large and small to commit to calculating, reducing and mitigating their carbon outp

Shoreline money is in, purchase on hold

May 3rd, 2012
By Richard Walker

By Richard Walker North Kitsap Herald, April 27, 2012 PORT GAMBLE — Olympic Property Group and the state Department of Natural Resources are expected to have an agreement in place this summer for the cleanup of the waters adjacent to the Port Gamble mill site. Gov

Bay project forages for funds

May 3rd, 2012
By Megan Stephenson

By Megan Stephenson North Kitsap Herald, April 27, 2012 PORT GAMBLE — Those searching for funds and support for the Kitsap Forest & Bay Project are feeling the pressure. “People out there may be wondering, why now,” County Commissioner Rob Gelder

Kittitas Valley Farm Easement Approved

April 19th, 2012
By The Daily Record

The Daily Record, April 18, 2012 An agreement between Forterra, Kittitas County government and Vernon and Roma Stokes will protect the Stokes’ 260-acre Triple Creek Ranch north of Ellensburg as a working farm in perpetuity, according to a news release. Funding for the

Triple Creek Ranch Conservation Kittitas’ Largest To-Date

April 17th, 2012
By Forterra Press Release

April 17, 2012, KITTITAS COUNTY -- Today, Forterra (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy) and Kittitas County permanently conserved Triple Creek Ranch with the purchase of a 260-acre working-farmland conservation easement, the largest completed to date in Kittitas County. With the

Bill Passage Could Save Millions on Conservation Initiative

April 2nd, 2012
By Forterra

Yesterday Governor Gregoire signed legislation, ESHB 2502, that could save millions of dollars towards an effort to conserve nearly 6,700 acres of undeveloped lowland forest at Port Gamble Bay in North Kitsap County. “This is probably the most important project we can

Native Trees and Plants Help Restore Irene Davis Union River Preserve

March 15th, 2012
By Forterra

A volunteer crew recently planted 6,000 Pacific Northwest native trees, shrubs, and wetland plants at Forterra’s (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy) Irene Davis Union River Preserve in Belfair. The important work took place over two consecutive weekends from February 25 t

Passage of forest tax bill in Olympia keeps effort to protect NK land on track

March 8th, 2012
By Christopher Dunagan

Kitsap Sun, March 7, 2012 By Christopher Dunagan OLYMPIA — The effort to protect 7,000 acres of forestland in North Kitsap received a boost from the Legislature, which has passed a bill that could save millions of dollars on the purchase price. The bill creates an e

President’s Budget Includes Pysht Forest Conservation

February 24th, 2012
By Forterra

Protecting Olympic Peninsula Coastline Efforts to conserve forestland along the Strait of Juan de Fuca could get a $3 million boost next year from the federal Forest Legacy Program. Pysht Coastal Forest, west of Port Angeles, is one of just 20 projects nationwide slated to r

Thanks @SunsetMag for naming Devil's Head "Best Shoreline" in their 2012 Enviro Awards. It was a big success for us! http://t

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February 21st, 2012

RT @UrbanLandInst Green real estate development and design is not a passing trend, say industry experts: http://t.co/W3LRU2UD

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February 21st, 2012

Interesting. RT @svrdesign RT @RichLouv Depictions of nature in children's books down by half since 1968 http://t.co/vzXiTAqA

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February 17th, 2012

We're recruiting table captains for our Conservation Awards Breakfast! Read more about this leadership opportunity: http://t.co/1KseHoo

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February 16th, 2012

Burst beaver dam likely to mean changes at Hazel Wolf Wetlands

February 13th, 2012
By David Rollins

Sammamish Review, Feb. 11, 2012 By David Rollins   Due to the major storm in late January, one of the beaver dams in Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve burst. The rupture resulted in a lowering of the preserve’s water lever by several feet. “A huge change, and

Thanks to everyone who made Sat's Pearl Jam restoration event a success! Check out @KirklandPatch 's article/slideshow: http://t.c

— @ForterraNW
February 13th, 2012

VIEWFINDER: Pearl Jam Guitarist Turns Out For Crestwoods Reforestation

February 13th, 2012
By Greg Johnston

Kirkland Patch, Feb 12, 2012 By Greg Johnston Guitarist Stone Gossard demonstrated Saturday that he is almost as good at getting down and dirty pulling roots as playing riffs with the mega-group Pearl Jam, turning out for a band-funded reforestation project at Kirkland'