The Conservation Futures program is designed to preserve open spaces such as fish and wildlife habitats, farm and timber lands, urban open spaces, parks and trails to enhance Pierce County’s quality of life.
Donor Name: Pierce County
State: Washington
County: Pierce County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/21/2025
Details:
It provides health, educational, economic, and recreational benefits while fostering community spaces and ensuring lasting access to natural resources for future generations.
Conservation Futures is a land preservation program for the protection of important open space, including parkland, timber lands, wetlands, habitat areas, and agricultural lands within Pierce County. Conservation Futures funds are used to acquire land or the rights to future development of land for the benefit and enjoyment of the citizens of Pierce County. The Resource Stewardship Division of the Pierce County Parks and Recreation Department administers the Conservation Futures program.
Priorities
Properties eligible for acquisition through a Conservation Futures grant must demonstrate at least one of the Conservation Futures Priorities outlined in PCC 2.97.030. These include:
- Resource Conservation
- Agricultural lands
- Timberlands
- Wooded areas
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Critical salmon habitat
- Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas
- Prairie land
- Marine Shoreline Conservation
- Marine Waters
- Marine estuaries and tidal marshes
- Lake, River, and Stream Conservation
- Streams and rivers
- Lakes
- Floodplains
- Trail Conservation
- Trails and corridors
- Natural Heritage Conservation
- Open space passive recreation areas
- Parks with active recreation areas
- Scenic viewpoints and corridors
- Archaeological and historic landmark sites.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant for a Conservation Futures project is known as the project sponsor. Sponsors may be local governments, federal and state agencies, special purpose districts, Pierce County Departments, property owners, or non-profit corporations.
For more information, visit Pierce County.
