Building the
Mountains to Sound
Greenway
Building Blocks as of November 2012
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
(206) 382-5565 - mtsgreenway.org
The maps and documentation on the following pages show principal lands acquired in the creation
of the Mountains to Sound Greenway - the 1.5 million acre landscape of forested natural lands and
vibrant communities, surrounding Interstate 90 from Seattle to central Washington State.
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or Northwesterners “can do” is more than a slogan. In 1990, 80 people marched from
Snoqualmie Pass to Puget Sound – they called for the public protection of the natural
beauty of the I-90 corridor. Since then collaborative efforts by many co-authors have
created, and continue to build, a connected Greenway landscape across the Cascades from
Ellensburg in Central Washington to the shores of Puget Sound in Seattle.
Raging River State Forest acquisition 2009
Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Valley - acquisitions over
multiple years
Starting with key existing “building blocks” of public land on Si, Cougar, Squak, and
Tiger Mountains, and in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanogan-Wenatchee National
Forests, Greenway partners have incredibly conserved an additional 224,000 acres of
endangered forest land surrounding the state’s busiest east-west interstate corridor. Piece
by piece, painstaking negotiation by negotiation, in over 150 transactions using a diverse
toolkit of funding sources, the Greenway coalition has filled in critical gaps and knitted
isolated parcels into a connected landscape.
The attached maps and parcel list provide a detailed summary, from 1990 through 2012,
of the many different land transactions that have occurred since the Mountains to Sound
Greenway effort began. The scale of the overall result required extraordinary leadership
from national, state and local elected officials like Senator Slade Gorton, King County
Executives Gary Locke, Ron Sims and Dow Constantine, and four successive Washington
State Land Commissioners. The resulting landscape is much more valuable than the sum
of its individual parcels. The section of Interstate 90 within the Greenway was the first
interstate in the country to be designated a National Scenic Byway, and a campaign is
underway to officially recognize the expansive Greenway landscape as a National Heritage
Area.
The Mountains to Sound Greenway is a national success story. Greenway partners have
worked together for over two decades to achieve a vision of accessible natural areas, livable
communities, productive working lands and incomparable scenic beauty. If we sustain
a commitment to ongoing protection and maintenance, this historic landscape can help
define a treasured quality of life in the region for generations to come.
Founding President
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
President
Immediate Past President
Snoqualmie Point Park acquired 2000, built 2007
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Major Road
Private Lands
Cities and Urban Growth Areas
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Date
Parcel acquired
Acreage
Acquired
Acreage
Conserved
Public Cost
1990
West Squak Mtn acquisitions
464
$4,550,000
1990
Mt. Si addition
6060
1990
1991
1993
1993
Preston School Site
Squak-Tiger Corridor
Three Forks Natural Area
Squak Mtn St Pk Ph 1 expansion
(section 9)
Tradition Plateau NRCA
designation
1993
1994
1994
1994
Public Owner/Funding Source(s)
Map #
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1
$12,319,000
King County: 1989 Open Space bond
WADNR: Exchange with Weyerhaeuser and state appropriation. 40 (2a)
acres added in 1993; another 20 (2b) added in 1998.
3
260
418
$136,000
$1,500,000
$1,750,000
King County: King County ($120K) and Preston community ($16K) funds
King County: 1989 Open Space Bond
King County: 1993 CFT and REET
3
4
5
990
$4,000,000
WA State Parks: WWRP grant, via TPL
6
450
$0
7
Rattlesnake Scenic Mgt Area
Tibbott parcel at High Point
Cougar Mtn Park Additions
1800
18
442
$4,500,000
$1,500,000
$6,200,000
460
$3,600,000
11
640
$8,000,000
King County: 1993 CFT and REET
12
1995
1995
Meadowbrook Farm
Soaring Eagle Park (Section 36
Park)
Squak Mtn St Pk Ph 2 expansion
(section 9)
Crystal Springs SnoPark
City of Issaquah: Council designation as Conservation Area
King County ($2M 1993 CFT) and WADNR ($2.5M legislative
appropriation) via TPL
City of Issaquah: 1993 CFT
King County Park System: 1989 Bond and 1993 CFT
King County: 1989 + 1993 CFT ($3.35M) + ISTEA Enhancements
($250K) via TPL
See Ph. 1
80
See Ph. 1
$96,000
13
14
1995
1995
1995
Overbeck
Lind
Workman
40
130
20
$420,000
$1,200,000
$0
WA State Parks: WWRP grant, via TPL
WA State Parks: WWRP grant
WADNR: $125K from WWRP; $295K from ISTEA Enhancements via
TPL
USFS: Fee purchase with Forest Legacy funds via TPL
WADNR: Donated by the Workman family for the Greenway
15
16
17
1995
1995
1996
1996
19961998
1997
1997
Biosolids parcels in Raging basin
Silver Creek parcels
Group One Expert on Tiger
Grand Ridge Park
720
960
80
1200
$0
$3,100,000
$540,000
$0
WADNR: Biosolids Forestry Program
USFS: LWCF funding
WADNR: WWRP grant
King County: via 4:1 program agreement with Port Blakely Communities
18
19
20
21
South Tiger (Lou, Yuan, Hefly)
Sunset Quarry
Preston Mill
102
70
22
$267,000
$880,000
$1,300,000
22
23
24
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
Rattlesnake addition
Champion Exchange
Yerg on Tiger
Schroeder on Tiger
Middle Fork Waterways 2000
1100
6720
10
49
100
$7,500,000
$0
$75,500
$653,000
$825,000
280
$0
WADNR: Trust Land Replacement
King County: 1989 Open Space bond and 1993 CFT
King County ($1.05M) + ISTEA Enhancements ($.25M) via TPL
USFS/WADNR/KC: Forest Legacy ($3.86M); King County ($3.64M as
part of Biosolids Forestry Agreement.) Conservation Easement - USFS
trees. Via TPL.
WADNR: Land exchange with Champion
WADNR: WWRP grant
WADNR: WWRP grant
King County: Waterways 2000 funding
Cascade Land Conservancy (CLC): Donation from Pearl Jam &
Soundgarden
1732
$13,500,000
1716
$3,940,000
940
$1,050,000
6.53
$535,000
31,900
120
12
22
32
110
$4,300,000
$789,000
$2,100,000
$1,700,000
$250,000
$1,370,000
1993
1994
1997 Hardscrabble (Midfork)
19972001 Taylor Mountain Forest
1998 Grouse Ridge/Middle Fork
19982001 Midfork/Granite parcels
1998- High Point trailhead additions-Tiger
2003 Mtn.
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
2000
I-90 Land exchange
Cougar Mtn. Claypit
Preston Ballfields
Preston Parcel B
Sisters on Tiger
Mitchell Hill Partnership
2000
2000
2000
Preston Edge properties
WRECO at Snoqualmie Point
Leong
160
37
53
$2,850,000
$850,000
$900,000
2000
2000
2000
2000
Hooker Childrens Trust
Talmo (Section 12) Tiger Mountain
Snoqualmie Point
TCCP donation
313
640
130
640
$250,000
$3,300,000
$8,900,000
$0
2001
Tollgate Farm phase 2
50
$6,150,000
2001
2001
2001
2001
2001
2001
2001
15,457
13
260
330
80
3790
20
$6,000,000
$150,000
$0
$2,065,000
$1,050,000
$7,400,000
$338,000
2001
Huckleberry exchange
Temcov
Plum Ck exchange on Mitchell Hill
Tollgate Farm phase 1
Kimball Creek
Keechelus parcels
Baribo
Snoqualmie Valley and Raging
River conservation easements Snoqualmie Preservation Initiative
3450
$0
2001
2001
Falls Crossing
Manke inholdings
240
1025
$1,650,000
$5,164,000
King County: $9.8M (KC) + .9M (REET)+ $2.8M (Forest Legacy)
King County: ($2.53M Biosolids Forestry Program), Forest Legacy
($1.41M); Paul G. Allen Forest Protection Foundation gift ($1.73M via
TPL), Weyerhaeuser (255 ac) donation
USFS: LWCF funding via CLC (Sherman, Lenske, McMc, R&S, Stray,
Valentine)
WADNR: WWRP grant (Cook-1.87 acres, $70,383 in 1998;
Mothersbaugh-1.02 acres, $82,929 in 1998; Kowalsky-3.64 acres,
$412,000 in 2001
USFS: Land exchange with Plum Creek Timber plus $4.3M cash
equalization from LWCF funds for the Greenway. 6,000 acres of USFS
land transferred to Plum Creek, including 4 parcels in Kittitas County.
King County Park System: 1993 CFT
King County: REET
King County:1993 CFT and REET
WADNR: WWRP grant
King County: KC ($380K), Forest Legacy ($990K)
King County: KC ($475K), Forest Legacy: ($1.9M), TEA-21: ($480K) via
TPL
USFS: LWCF funding via TPL
Forest Legacy ($670K), King County ($230K salmon funds)
King County: Transfer of Development Credits plus $250K for fee interest
WADNR: Trust Land Replacement
USFS: LWCF funding via TPL
USFS: Donation via TCCP
City of North Bend and King County: King County General Fund, and
bonds, a sewer utility surcharge, and conservation grants from North Bend
via TPL
USFS: Land Exchange with Weyerhaeuser plus $6M cash equalization
payment from LWCF funds for the Greenway. Entire exchange was for
30,253 acres, but approximately 14,796 acres of this total are outside of
the Greenway boundary.
King County: CFT and Salmon Recovery Funding Board
WADNR: Exchange approved by Board of Natural Resources
King County: King County general fund, $1M private donation via TPL
WADNR and KC: Forest Legacy ($954K) + KC ($196K) via TPL
USFS: LWCF funding via TPL
WADNR: WWRP grant
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9
10
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
Snoqualmie Preservation Initiative: Donation by Weyerhaeuser Real
Estate Company for Phase 2 Snoqualmie Ridge development via CLC
56
City of Snoqualmie: $1.65M paid by city, $11.65M by Weyerhaeuser Real
Estate Company.
57
USFS: LWCF and WADNR exchange
58
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Date
Parcel acquired
2001
2001
2001
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002
2002
Middle Fork - Gillis
TCCP donation
Swenson
Schroeder on Squak
Nystrom
I-90 Phase I
Middle Fork - Dahlgren
Middle Fork - Beach
Chicklero Mt. Si
2002
Yakima River acquisitions
2002
Preston Edge - Wickersham
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
Ames Lake Tree Farm
Mt. Si trailhead addition - Knisely
Trillium Raging River
Smejkal Mt. Si
Taylor Mountain additions
Port Blakely near Grand Ridge
Raging River forestland Snoqualmie Preservation Initiative
I-90 Phase II
Bureau of Reclamation
I-90 Phase III
Pacific Crest Trail
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2004
2004
Acreage
Acquired
Acreage
Conserved
Public Cost
20
640
40
46
12.5
4,712
40
21
2.3
$250,000
$0
$2,000,000
$750,000
$800,000
$8,650,000
$1,250,000
$204,000
$134,000
950
$0
7
$341,000
443
26
350
171
77
40
$2,800,000
$355,000
$725,000
$383,000
$465,000
$0
1352
3911
222
4421
1700
$1,200,000
$3,930,000
$666,000
$4,070,000
$3,700,000
Easton parcels
TCCP donation
McTavish
Tiger Mtn - High Point: Swezey
Tiger Mtn - High Point: Temcov
800
640
21
6
9
$3,300,000
$0
$1,550,000
$300,000
$440,000
BPA - Cle Elum
Roslyn Ridge
548
302
$3,000,000
$2,400,000
465
597
$737,000
$4,250,000
7
$180,000
118
$1,200,000
2004
Lake Easton Phase II (Plum Creek
Sections 10 &11)
Crown Lakes
Mt. Si Tenarife, (or Terrell property
or bus turnaround)
2004
Log Cabin Reach
2004
2004
Snoqualmie Forest
Issaquah/Holder Creek - RogersRice Property
20
$250,000
2004
2005
Lewis Creek
Talus open space
8
465
$275,000
$0
2005
120
$240,000
2574
28
15
$3,400,000
$400,000
$350,000
2005
Moore Property
Branch Creek, Salmon La Sac,
Little Salmon La Sac, Kachess
Ridge
Second “Sisters” (Houck)
Kees
Wall parcel/Tract D in the Park Hill
Development, Overdale
Neighborhood
2005
2005
2005
2005
2006
2006
Cougar Mountain Precipice
Patterson Creek
Chisholm
Girl Scout River Ranch Camp TDR
Bullfrog
Brendan property
752
10
$15,000
2006
2006
Frye
Crowley
1
20
$357,500
$340,000
2006
2006
Berntsen Park
Lakeside School donation to USFS
2
20
$1,934,140
$0
2006
Swamp Lake/Amabilis Mountain
300
$3,000,000
2007
Stampede Pass
175
$975,208
2004
2004
2005
2005
2005
90,000
$22,000,000
13
10
19
65
$475,000
$210,000
$109,000
438
Public Owner/Funding Source(s)
KC Water and Land Resource Division: CFT ($200K) and KC Waterways
2000 ($50K) plus Osberg Family Trust gift ($8K) via CLC
USFS: Donation via TCCP
USFS: LWCF funding via TPL
King County: Endangered Species Act (ESA) funding
City of Issaquah Parks: Park Mitigation from Talus Development
USFS: LWCF via TCCP
King County Park System and IAC Grant
King County Open Space
WADNR - edge property on southwest part of Mt. Si
USFS, WA State Parks, WA Fish & Wildlife: Private donations ($2.9M) to
Cascades Conservation Partnership (TCCP) - match for #73
King County: TEA-21 Enhancement funds to King County Park System
via TPL
King County: Purchase of development rights & water rights, and
conservation easement
WADNR: WWRP grant
Bonneville Power Administration: BPA Internal Mitigation Fund via TPL
WADNR: WWRP grant via TPL
King County: Salmon Recovery Funding Board
King County Park System: Transfer of clearing rights
KC: Snoqualmie Preservation Initiative conservation easement - fee
purchased through Biosolids Forestry Program via CLC
USFS: LWCF through TCCP
Bureau of Reclamation: Mitigation for Keechelus Dam
USFS: LWCF via TCCP
USFS: LWCF via TCCP
WA Dept. Fish & Wildlife and WA State Parks: Fish and Wildlife Grant via
TPL and TCCP
USFS: Donation via TCCP
City of Bellevue Funds via TPL
WADNR and WWRP
WADNR and WWRP
BPA Funds; Partners: Suncadia, City of Cle Elum, Yakama Nation, Fish
and Wildlife (WA?), Kittitas Conservation Trust
Suncadia, partner RIDGE, owned by City of Roslyn
Forest Legacy; $1.4 million private cost (Monahan). Via TPL. WA State
Parks owns part in fee with WADNR easement, part private –Monahan with WADNR easement.
WADNR, WWRP funding, via CLC
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83
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85
86
89
90
91
92
WADNR, WWRP funding
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King County via CLC. Funding sources: Conservation Futures, Salmon
Recovery Funding Board and King County funds. Landowner also donated
several hundred thousands of dollars in land value to help the transaction.
CLC holds stewardship easement on the property, but all funds were
raised by King County.
94
King County purchased development rights (conservation easement) from
Hancock Timber, via CLC. CFT funding.
95
Owned by King County; Funding = SRFB & CFT
King County Parks addition to Cougar Mountain (not adjacent) proposed
to be transferred to City of Issaquah after annexation. Funding source
1989 Conservation Futures Bond funding.
City of Issaquah: dedicated in Talus Urban Village development
Via CLC to USFS, with Middle Fork Outdoor Recreation Coalition support
and funding from Osberg Family Trust, Mountaineers Foundation, Patsy
Collins revolving loan fund, anonymous donors.
98
LWCF: USFS
WADNR: Tiger Mountain, WWRP funding via TPL
West Tiger NRCA, WWRP funding, via CLC
99
100
101
City of Issaquah: Donation/loan from Janet Wall, who will be Site Steward,
to Issaquah. Has CLC conservation easement.
Via TPL to King County. 4 parcels to expand Cougar Mountain Regional
Wildland Park to the north.
King County addition near Fall City/Carnation
King County addition near Fall City on Snoqualmie River
Conservation easement held by King County
WADNR, State Parks, WDFW. Transfer of land from WADNR to WDFW.
WADNR, upper west rocky slopes of Mt. Si NRCA
Fork Snoqualmie River. WADNR. For overflow parking at Little Si
trailhead
Located along the Mt. Si Road. WADNR
City of Issaquah funds. Issaquah Creek/Issaquah Creek WaterWays
Program
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
End of 2006. TPL did land transaction, CLC owns and will manage
Swamp Lake land subject to agreement with DNR. TPL, CLC and DNR
joined to make grant request of US Fish and Wildlife funding. Greenway
Trust, Cascade Conservation Partnership and Kongsberger Ski Club
supported the project.
Total acquisition of 618 acres - 443 acres of which lie outside the
Greenway boundary. Funding from Land and Water Conservation Funds:
USFS via TPL
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103
104
105
106
108
109
110
111
112
113
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Parcel acquired
Acreage
Acquired
Acreage
Conserved
Public Cost
2007
M&H Issaquah
40
$1,800,000
2007
Guano Acres
8
$1,673,988
2007
Noble Creek
401
$2,110,000
2007
2008
Cabin Creek
Fiorito
446
8
$1,361,000
$325,000
2008
Vern Anderson
4
$2,500,000
2008
Big Creek
143
$600,000
2008
Tower Peak
448
$295,000
2008
Cabin Creek
477
$725,000
2009
Kirshner
14
$142,000
2009
Raging River
7000
$22,500,000
2009
Swamp Lake/Amabilis Mountain Part II
70
$2,085,000
2009
Gold Creek
546
$5,000,000
2009
Mt. Si - Stevenson
32
$1,500,000
2010
Mt. Si - Allen
10
$125,000
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
Norton conservation easement
Mary Pigott donation
Motzer
Big Creek
Resort Creek
20
40
20
2010
Noble Creek
244
2010
Hundley Conservation Easement
Summit at Snoqualmie donation to
USFS
2010
100
$0
$62,500
$320,000
$1,359,000
431
390
Public Owner/Funding Source(s)
Part of the Cougar Mountain – Squak Mountain Connector/Wildlife
Corridor. Parks and Open Space Bond; King County Conservation
Futures Tax Levy funds; and, Recreation and Conservation Office
(formerly the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation – IAC) –
Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) – Urban Wildlife
Habitat Program. City of Issaquah owns.
Issaquah Creek WaterWays Program, Funding from King Conservation
District, King County Conservation Futures Program, Recreation &
Conservation Office Funding Board (formerly IAC), WWRP Riparian
Protection, City of Issaquah Park Bond funds
Owned by CLC. In 2008, Noble Creek (on Keechelus Ridge) phases 1
and 2 (5 parcels) for a total of 401 acres.
CLC, transferred to Dept of Fish and Wildlife. (Or is it a full 640 acres in 8,
80-ac. Transactions in 2007?) Section 6 funding.
King County Roads. Funding from federal Dave Reichert earmark
City of Issaquah: Park and Open Space Bond funds and possibly a
Washington Wildlife Recreation Program (WWRP) – Local Parks
Program grant, if the WWRP funding category is funded by the
Washington State Legislature for the 2009-11 biennium
Grant from USFWS ESA Section 6 Cooperative Endangered Species
Conservation Fund. Additional funding for stewardship - $50,000 from The
Cascade Conservation Partnership and $20,000 from Victor Woodward
TPL - along Pacific Crest Trail. From Plum Creek with LWCF funding, to
USFS, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
TPL - along Pacific Crest Trail. From Plum Creek with LWCF funding to
USFS - 158 acres in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, 477 acres in WenatcheeOkanogan National Forest. The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie portion of this
acquisition lies outside of the Greenway boundary.
King County Conservation Futures; property includes Granite Creek, an
important tributary of the Middle Fork
Fruit Growers sold 7,000 acres to the Department of Natural Resources,
with a conservation easement on 4,000 held by King County, to create the
Raging River State Forest: $22,500,000 ($18,300,000 State School Trust,
$3,700,000 King County.)
Remaining 70 acres of Swamp Lake land, off the Cabin Creek exit near
Cle Elum. The first 300 acres closed 2 years ago in partnership with CLC.
It's now owned by Kittitas Conservation Trust with an easement by DNR.
Funds were secured through a fed Section 6 grant through DNR. Sold by
the Monahan Family. The total acreage is now 370. Owned by Kittitas
Conservation Trust or CLC/Forterra?
Gold Creek. Whole 546 acres was purchased by DOT and CLC for $5
million. CLC used section 6 funds in partnership with DNR and USFWS.
DOT bought more than 1/2 of the prop in Jan of 09. CLC bought 216
acres in July 09. 20 acres were quit claimed to CLC and another 7 acres
went to the homeowners assoc.
11/20/09: DNR purchased the 31.99-acre Stevenson property for inclusion
in the Mount Si Natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA). This
property is a key inholding offering panoramic views from the very heart of
the Mount Si NRCA at high elevation on the northwest side of Mount
Teneriffe. The purchase price for this property was $1,500,000 with
funding coming from Washington Wildlife & Recreation Program grants
for land acquisitions awarded by the Recreation & Conservation Office
(RCO). CLC assisted in purchase.
3/5/10 DNR purchased 10.31 acre Allen property (mining claim) the last
ridgetop inholding, northwest side of Mt. Teneriffe.
Mary Norton, Joe McElroy, Snoqualmie Forest to Three Forks Connector.
King County conservation easement through Transfer of Development
Rights program.
Total of 51 acres to be donated to City of Sammamish over fifteen years
DNR - Doug McClelland. Closed July 2010.
CLC, Salmon Recovery Board, US and State Dept of Fish and Wildlife.
Owned by CLC. 3 parcels for a total of 20 acres.
Three separate transactions with three separate landowners, conserving
critical endangered species habitat in the I-90 Corridor near Snoqualmie
Pass in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources, the US
Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Transportation. CLC
owns.
431 acres in northern Kittitas County, consisting of riparian forests, ponds,
wetlands and shorelines bisected by the mainstem Yakima River for 1.3
river miles that has been permanently protected for fish and wildlife
habitat. The Hundley Family Limited Partnership, William and Richard
Hundley (principals), granted a conservation easement on their property in
November 2010 after five years of discussions and negotiations with the
Kittitas Conservation Trust, Washington State Department of Fish and
Wildlife, and the Yakama Nation.
Summit at Snoqualmie donation to USFS
2010
Cougar Mountain Precipice - GunnKissel
40
$1,550,000
2010
TPL Jim Creek / Manastash Ridge
640
$845,000
Map #
Building the Mountains to Sound Greenway
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119
120
122
123
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
144
161
165
King County DNRP-Parks & Rec acquisition on the north flank of Cougar
Mountain, just north of the Talus development. The Precipice parcels
have long been a King County priority as well as a Greenway priority for
viewshed preservation, potential trail connections between Issaquah and
Cougar Mountain, and advancement of the Cougar Mountain Master Plan.
Funding: Conservation Futures, King County Parks Expansion Levy, 1989
Open Space Bond.
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TPL purchased a section on Manastash Ridge, 640 acres, from Plum
Creek Timber. This section is drained by Jim Creek, a tributary of salmonbearing Big Creek. Has mature forests and unroaded lands. Land and
Water Conservation Funds, and transferred the parcel to the US Forest
Service / Okanogan-Wenatchee NF.
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Parcel acquired
Date
2011
Keechelus Ridge
Acreage
Acquired
247
2011
King County Carnation Marsh
119
2011
Park Pointe
101
1979Present
2011
2011
King County Farmlands
Preservation
Amabilis Mountain
Woods Tree Farm
2011
Taylor Mountain inholding
2011
Cougar Mountain Additions
2011
Carnation Farmlands
2011
Cle Elum parcel
Acreage
Conserved
480
$880,000
$0
43
5880
15
$1,370,000
40.5
$462,000
30
$735,000
141
$121,500
3.7
$125,000
2011 2012 North Creek Forest, Bothell
4
$65,000
2012
Sunset Quarry
38
$437,000
2012
Three Forks Natural Area
21.5
$400,000
2011
Easton parcel
28
$275,000
2011
Canyon Creek Headwaters Natural
Area
70
$730,000
2011
Middle Bear Creek Natural Area
28
$1,310,000
2012
Mt. Si CCC parcels
6
$35,000
2012
Raging River Kerriston
150
$500,000
2012
Big Creek
640
$1,475,000
2012
Mitchell Hill Connector Forest
9
$165,000
5
$632,000
2012
Duthie Hill Park trailhead
acquisition
Cougar Mountain Precipice Brunette
15
$180,000
2012
Middle Issaquah Creek Natural
Area
34
2012
TOTAL Acquired:
127,411
Total Preserved (Easements)
TOTAL Conserved:
124
97,048
224,459
KEY TO PUBLIC LAND MANAGERS
USFS - United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
WADNR - Washington State Department of
Natural Resources
WA State Parks - Washington State Parks
KC - King County
KEY TO LAND TRUST NEGOTIATORS/FACILITATORS
TPL - The Trust for Public Land
CLC - Cascade Land Conservancy - Now Forterra
TCCP - The Cascades Conservation Partnership
Public Owner/Funding Source(s)
Public Cost
$1,668,500
$259,737,336
Map #
Building the Mountains to Sound Greenway
Another 240 acres by CLC in section 3 in March 2011; East of I-90 above
Snoqualmie Pass and Keechelus Lake by CLC. CLC owns.
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Seattle Audubon Society donated 90 acres of land to King County Parks
as an addition to the Carnation Marsh Natural Area. Now 160 acres, this
natural area is located between Carnation and Fall City and protects one
of the largest, least fragmented and highest quality floodplain wetlands
remaining in King County. It lies along one of the most productive and
important areas of the Snoqualmie River for fish and also provides habitat
to about 130 bird species. Additional 19-acre parcel acquired in August
2011 from Blanchard Trust.
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Park Pointe on highly visible, forested west flank of Tiger Mountain. This
long-time Greenway priority clusters growth to minimize sprawl and
preserves a significant natural area by City of Issaquah.
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King County Farmlands Preservation Initiative
480 acres in Nov 2011, USFWS Section 6 grant. Forterra owns.
CLC easement on 15 acres private forestland.
40.5 acres acquired by King County from the John and Rose Boysen
Trust. CFT, PEL, WADNR funding.
3 separate acuqusitions over the course of 2011, totaling 30 acres (9 in
December, 8 in October and 13 in May). Funding provided by the CFT
and the Parks Expansion Levy. The 13-acre parcel is an important
addition in the Cougar-Squak corridor.
Easement by King County on 141 acres in Carnation. CFT, farmlands
preservation, WSRCO.
State Parks acquisition of 3.7-acre Wallgren property for future Iron Horse
State Park trailhead, just across trail from South Cle Elum Depot. Funding
from WWRP via RCO.
Friends of North Creek Forest orchestrated purchase of 35 acres in 2011.
Funding comes via a number of sources including WWRP, Washington
State Department of Commerce grant, King and Snohomish Conservation
Futures grants, and King County Parks Levy. Approximately 4 acres of
2011 acquisition are within the Greenway; the rest lies within Snohomish
County.
Most of Sunset Quarry closed April 2012. 38 our of 48 acres acquired by
King County. Owners are running gravel business on front 10 acres.
Future trailhead to the back side of Squak Mtn. Thanks to Larry Phillips for
4 years of work.
Acquired for $400,000, with equal amounts of funding coming through the
County’s Conservation Futures Tax fund and the County’s Parks
Expansion Levy. King County Parks will maintain the land as wildlife
habitat and open space, and for “passive” recreational activities, such as
hiking and viewing wildlife.
State Parks acquisition of 28-acre Palmer property. Has 800 feet of
Yakima River frontage. Funding from WWRP via RCO grant.
3 King County acquisitions totaling approximately 70 acres on the eastern
edge of Grand Ridge Park, in December of 2011. Funding provided by
CFT and the Parks Expansion Levy.
28 acres acquisition by King County near Redmond. Funding from the
CFT and the Parks Expansion Levy.
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151
152
153
155
156
157
158
159
160
162
163
164
Two 3-acre parcels funded by US Fish and Wildlife Section 6 grant.
166
Seattle Public Utilities purchased from Herbrand, SPU sold to DNR for
inclusion in Raging River State Forest in November 2012. SPU holds
conservation easement to protect Cedar River Watershed.
167
TPL conserved 640 acres at Big Creek with LWCF funding for inclusion in
the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
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One of the last remaining inholdings in the 430-acre Mitchell Hill Forest.
Allows King County Parks to build a trailhead to serve Duthie Hill and
Grand Ridge Parks, and also the proposed East Plateau Regional Trail,
with parking for 75 cars and some equestrian trailers. $316,000 from KC
Parks CIP, $316,000 from RCO grant.
CFT makes key trail connection to Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland
Park from Newport Way NW.
King County conservation along Issaquah Creek using CFT, Transfer of
Development Rights, King Conservation District and King County Parks
levy funding.
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172
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$22,862,000
$279,612,336
KEY TO PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES
CFT - Conservation Futures Tax, King County funding
REET - Real Estate Excise Tax, King County funding
Biosolids Forestry Program of 1995 - King County Water Pollution Control Division, WADNR and
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust agreement
WWRP - Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program, Washington state funding
IAC - Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, Washington State funding. Now the RCO,
Recreation and Conservation Office.
ISTEA Enhancements -Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, federal funding
TEA-21 Enhancements -Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, federal funding
LWCF - Land and Water Conservation Fund - federal funding for land acquisitions
Forest Legacy - Federal funding for forestland acquisitions
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Major Organizational Donors, 1991-2012
$500,000 and above
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Boeing Company
250,000 to $499,999
Carter Subaru
Microsoft Corporation
Puget Sound Energy
REI
The Seattle Foundation
Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
$50,000 to $249,999
AAA Washington
American Forests
Bullitt Foundation
Carter Subaru-Ballard
Carter VW
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Intracorp
K&L Gates LLP
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Forest Foundation
Norman Archibald Charitable Foundation
Plum Creek Timber Company
Port Blakely Communities
Rowley Properties
Social Venture Partners
Thomas H. Maren Foundation
Washington Mutual Bank
Waste Management Association
$25,000 to $49,999
American Honda Foundation
Bank of America
Brainerd Foundation
CH2M HILL
HEARTLAND LLC
HomeStreet Bank
Key Bank NA
Mountaineers Foundation
National Tree Trust
Nordstrom Inc.
Peach Foundation
Potelco
Puget Sound Energy Foundation
Quadrant Homes
RealNetworks Foundation
Safeco Insurance Companies
Spring Family Trust for Trails
The Trust for Public Land
US West Foundation
YarrowBay Holdings
$10,000 to $24,999
Asplundh Tree Expert Company
Bernard Development Company
Booth Creek Ski Holdings
Burning Foundation
Cadman, Inc.
Cornell Douglas Foundation
Forterra
Foster Pepper PLLC
GeoEngineers, Inc.
Glacier Fish Company
Hancock Timber Resource Group
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson
Hugh & Jane Ferguson Foundation
Issaquah Alps Trails Club
JiJi Foundation
Jones & Jones Architects+Landscape Architects +Planners
Keith & Mary Kay McCaw Foundation
KIRO-AM Radio
Kiwanis Club of Issaquah
Klorfine Foundation
McKibben-Merner Family Foundation
Overlake Issaquah Medical Center
Penford Corporation
Perkins Coie LLP
Raman Family Foundation
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
Snoqualmie Tribe
Suncadia
Swedish Medical Center/Issaquah Campus
The Burnsteads
Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund
US Bank
Washington Women’s Foundation
West One Bank
Weyerhaeuser
$5,000 to $10,000
Black Diamond Properties LP
Chenstein O’Malleysven Foundation
Cougar Mountain East Village
Golder Associates LLC
Group Health Cooperative
InfraSource
Lucky Seven Foundation
McCormick Land Trust
McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren, PLLC
National Environmental Education Fdn.
NBBJ
Nickelodeon
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Partnership for Rural King County
Patagonia
PEMCO Insurance
Pilchuck Contractors, Inc.
SanMar
Space Needle Corporation
Sterling Realty Organization
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Two Herons Foundation
Washington Athletic Club
Wilburforce Foundation
Iron Horse State Park, acquisition 2012 for a potential future trailhead in S. Cle Elum
Mountains to Sound Greenway Legacy Fund Donors
Greenway Leadership Circle - $100,000
Anonymous
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Sally and Warren Jewell
Maryanne Tagney Jones and David T. Jones
Bruce and Jeannie Nordstrom
Benefactor - $50,000
Ted and Gretchen Thomsen
Trustee - $25,000
Anonymous
Stimson Bullitt and Tina Hollingsworth
Peach Foundation
Potelco, Inc.
Peter and April Spiro
Doug and Maggie Walker
Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
Patron - $10,000
American Foundation
Anonymous
Charles Bingham
David and Inez Black
Boeing Company
Paul and Debbi Brainerd
Bill and Frankie Chapman
John and Doris Ellis
Daniel J. and Nancy Evans
Bill and Mimi Gates
Gretchen and Lyman Hull
Jackie and Skip Kotkins
Nesholm Family Foundation
William G. Reed, Jr.
Marie and Walter Williams
Investor - $5,000
Tom Alberg and Judi Beck
David and Leigh Bangs
Sally Skinner Behnke
Alan Black Family Fund
Caroline Bombar-Kaplan and Hal Kaplan
Herb M. Bridge
Jerry and Lyn Grinstein
David and Susan Moffett
Penny and Jerry Peabody
James and Gaye Pigott
Dave Nelson/Pilchuck Contractors Inc.
Ron and Eva Sher
Kathy Williams
Martha Wyckoff and Jerry Tone
Snoqualmie Forest, 90,000-acre conservation easement 2004
Major Individual Donors, 1991-2012
$500,000 and above
Allan and Inger Osberg
$250,000 to $499,999
Priscilla Bullitt Collins
Jim Ellis
$50,000 to $249,000
Steven and Connie Ballmer
Tom and Jean Gibbs
Sally and Warren Jewell
Maryanne Tagney Jones and David T Jones
Chris Lewis
Mike Marcelais
Erik R. Swenson and Cornelia Schneider
Sue McLain and Steve Persing
Dottie Simpson
Peter and April Spiro
Gretchen Thomsen
$25,000 to $49,999
Alan Stephenson Boyd Family Trust
Bill and Frankie Chapman
Gretchen Hull
Bruce and Jeannie Nordstrom
William G. Reed, Jr
$10,000 to $24,999
Ruth Afflack
David and Leigh Bangs
Charles Bingham
Betty Bottler
Fred and Joan Burnstead
Louis Burzycki
Matthew N. Clapp
Elizabeth Ann Ducker
Paul and Susan Flessner
Kurt and Roberta Fraese
Daniel Ivanoff
Mark and Sue Nikiel
James and Gaye Pigott
Ron and Eva Sher
Mikal and Lynn Thomsen
Martha Wyckoff and Jerry Tone
$5,000 to $9,999
Tom Alberg and Judi Beck
Inez Noble Black
William and Mary Black
Mark Boyar and Gretchen Weitkamp
Paul and Debbi Brainerd
Kent and Sandy Carlson
Bob and Muffie Cohen
John and Doris Ellis
Marie Emerson
Todd and Rhonda Glass
Jerry and Linda Henry
Michael and Terrie Kavran
Silas Keehn
Mike McGavick
Tim and Judie O’Brien
Penny and Jerry Peabody
Bruce Reed
Jim and Bonnie Reinhardsen
John and Kathy Riper
Rob Short and Emer Dooley
John Spaith
Griffith and Patricia Way
Kathy Williams
Squak Mountain State Park, acquisitions 1990-1995
The mists of Snoqualmie Falls are sacred to the Snoqualmie Tribe. Surrounding lands in the
Snoqualmie Valley are being preserved over many years for future generations to enjoy.
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Hall of Fame Awards
1995 - Builders
Charles Bingham
Priscilla Collins
1995 - Pathfinders
Brian Boyle
Harvey Manning
2000 - Builders
Jennifer Belcher
The Honorable Slade Gorton
2000 - Pathfinders
The Boeing Company
Martin Rosen
Ted Thomsen
2002 - Builders
The Honorable Ron Sims
Cleve Pinnix
2007 - Builders
Osberg Family
Nancy Keith
2012 - Builder
Peter Goldmark
2002 - Pathfinder
Jim Ellis
2003 - Pathfinder
Ken Konigsmark
Land Conservation Partners
The Trust for Public Land
Forterra (Formerly Cascade Land Conservancy)
Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition
The Cascades Conservation Partnership
Weyerhaeuser Corporation
Plum Creek Timber Company
Champion Timber Company
United States Forest Service
Federal Highway Administration
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Washington State Parks
Washington State Department of Transportation
King County
Kittitas County
2012 - Pathfinder
Sally Jewell
Residents of vibrant communities in the Greenway enjoy easy access to nature and recreation
Greenway Cities and Communities
Critical acquisitions at SR 18 and I-90 preserve the quality of the National Scenic Byway
Citation of Merit Awards
1995 - Joanna Buehler
Craig Lee
The Honorable Gary Locke
Cleve Pinnix
Terry Wallgren
1996 - Mark Boyar
Michele Brown
Aubrey Davis
Pete Machno
Lee Springgate
1997 - Paul Carkeek
Wade and Tania Holden
Jack Hornung
Maryanne Tagney Jones
The Honorable Larry Phillips
Arlene Wade
1998 - Bill Dues
Ruth Ittner
Morris Jenkins
Cascade Land Conservancy
Doug McClelland
Osberg Family
The Honorable Ron Sims
2000 - EarthCorps
Jim Lyons
Faith Roland
Mark Sollitto
Washington Trails Association
Everett White
Youth Volunteer Corps
2001 - Jeanne Ehrlichman Bluechel
Bonnie Bunning
Jerry Henry
Tara Houck
John Karlson
Peggy Leonard
Margaret Macleod
Mary Norton
The Honorable Paul Schell
2002 - Sally Luttrell-Montes
David MacDuff and Talus
Harry Morgan
Charlie Raines
Staff of Lake Sammamish State Park
Ira Spring & the Spring Family Trust for Trails
Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition
Beaux Arts
Bellevue
Bothell
Carnation
Cle Elum
Clyde Hill
Duvall
Easton Community
Ellensburg
Fall City Community
Hunts Point
Issaquah
Kenmore
Kirkland
Lake Forest Park
Maple Valley
Medina
Mercer Island
Newcastle
North Bend
Preston Community
Redmond
Renton
Roslyn
Sammamish
Seattle
Shoreline
Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie Pass Community
South Cle Elum
Thorp Community
Woodinville
Yarrow Point
2003 - Paul Cooke
Joan Simpson
2004 - Dave Battey
Fuzzy Fletcher
Leon Kos
Faris Taylor
2005 - Rich Grillo
Louis Musso
Janet Wall
2007 - Sue McLain
Dennis Neuzil
Joan Thomas
Central Cascades acquisitions consolidate public ownership and preserve wildlife corridors
2008 - Peter Spiro
Doug Sutherland
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
President: Bill Chapman, Attorney, K&L Gates LLP; Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition
Immediate Past President: Sally Jewell, President & CEO, REI
Founding President: Jim Ellis, Chairman Emeritus, Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Vice President - Funding: Sue McLain, SVP Delivery Operations, Puget Sound Energy
Vice President - Stewardship: David Sturtevant, Vice President, CH2M HILL
Vice President - Kittitas County: Louis Musso III, Kittitas County Park & Rec. District No. 1
Treasurer: Tod McDonald, Cascade Capital Group
Secretary: Karl Forsgaard, Attorney, Thomson Reuters Serengeti Law
Assistant Secretary: John Baier, Attorney, Baier Law Firm
Executive Director: Cynthia Welti
Deputy Director: Doug Schindler
Maps: Amy Brockhaus, Mackenzie Dolstad, Ben Hughey
Garrett Devier, Jones & Jones Architects+Landscape Architects+Planners
“Building the Mountains to Sound Greenway” published courtesy of Jim Ellis
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The Coal Mines Trail, former Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway, purchased by Cle
Elum, Roslyn and Ronald with Greenway Trust assistance and funding, 1995
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