We’re happy to report that the Nisqually Land Trust has the three top-ranked projects in the 2017-2018 round of Pierce County Conservation Futures (PCCF) funding.
The projects include support for acquisition of 640 acres of forestlands and 13.1 miles of salmon-producing shoreline for the Nisqually Community Forest (described in this newsletter); acquisition of 78 acres and over one-half mile of marine shoreline on Anderson Island, in the Nisqually Aquatic Reserve; and acquisition of one mile of salmon-producing shoreline in the Ohop Valley.
All told, the PCCF funding totals just over $1 million. With it we will be able to leverage an additional $4.1 million in landowner donations and state and federal grants.
All of the projects include provision for public access.
Our thanks to the Pierce County Parks and Recreation staff, which manages the Conservation Futures program; to the all-volunteer Citizens Advisory Committee, which put in long unpaid hours evaluating and ranking proposals; and to the Pierce County Council for its unanimous approval to fund our projects.