Recent Press

Orton Junction: A development deal done right

The Tacoma New Tribune Editorial board praised CLC for it's role in renegotiating the Orton Junction development deal.

Orton Junction offers new solution in conservation vs. growth battle

CLC President Gene Duvernoy and Pierce Conservation Director Ryan Mello wrote an Op-ed in the Tacoma News Tribune laying out the case for the Orton Junction development plan.

Conservation group given chance to buy Port Gamble forestlands

From the Seattle Times: As much as 7,000 acres of prime woodlands in North Kitsap County could be protected from development under an agreement announced Wednesday by Pope Resources and the nonprofit Cascade Land Conservancy.

North Kitsap forestland deal could protect 7,000 acres

From the Kitsap Sun: The effort to protect 7,000 acres of forestland in North Kitsap moved into a new phase Wednesday, when Olympic Property Group and Cascade Land Conservancy announced that they had worked out an option agreement for sale of the property

Fundraising begins; conservancy and Pope Resources unveil option agreement on 7,000 acres in North Kitsap

The North Kitsap Herald reports on the agreement reached between CLC and Pope Resources unveiled Wednesday afternoon at the Port Gamble Pavilion. Participants included Port Gamble S’Klallam Chairman Jeromy Sullivan; Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman; Kitsap County Commissioner Rob Gelder; Jon Rose, president of Olympic Property Group, Pope’s real estate arm; and leaders of the Cascade Land Conservancy and Great Peninsula Conservancy.

Refugees plant seed of garden in Tukwila

The Tukwila Reporter reports from the Tukwila Community Garden's first annual harvest celebration.

3,000 acres of forest near Lake Roesiger to be used for logging and public use

The Everett Herald reports on 3,000 acres of forest land purchased by the Washington Department of Natural Resources and Snohomish County, a deal CLC helped negotiate. The land will be used for sustainable logging and public recreation.

Groups buy river valley to protect salmon

The Olympian reports on CLC's recent purchase of 160-acres of property along the Skokomish river critical for the protection of endangered salmon.

Land purchase to benefit Skokomish restoration

The Kitsap Sun wrote about CLC's recent purchase of two properties along the Skokomish river crucial for the protection of endangered salmon habitat.

Allen Foundation adding spice to local food banks' harvests

The Tacoma News Tribune wrote about the $100,000 grant Cascade Land Conservancy and the Tacoma Community Gardens program received from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.