In over twenty years, we’ve completed 163 projects conserving over 173,000 acres of important urban green space, working lands, and rivers, streams and forests throughout the region.

We employ traditional conservation tools such as land purchases, donations, conservation easements and ownership agreements. We’re also implementing innovative conservation tools like Transfer of Development rights and the Landscape Conservation and Landscape Infrastructure Program (LCLIP), a tool Forterra led through the 2011 legislative session. LCLIP combines Transfer of Development Rights and Tax Increment Financing to offer landowners the chance to conserve their land while still realizing the development value of their property and provides cities the funding necessary for redevelopment and infrastructure improvements.

The Cascade Agenda, Forterra’s long-term vision and immediate action plan for conservation in the region, outlines the ambitious, but achievable goal of conserving nearly 1.3 million acres of land. We aim to conserve 1 million acres of working farms and forests and 265,000 acres of natural and recreation lands.