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FALL 2012
formerly CASCADE LAND CONSERVANCY
CREATING GREAT COMMUNITIES
and CONSERVING GREAT LANDS
HIGHWAY 101 REVISITED · Q&A WITH SUMNER MAYOR DAVE ENSLOW · GREEN EVERETT PARTNERSHIP · TRIPLE CREEK RANCH

For our work in the Central and
North Puget Sound and for
organization-wide questions,
please contact our main office in
Seattle:
901 5th Avenue, Suite 2200
Seattle, WA 98104
T 206-292-5907
F 206-292-4765
For our work in the South Sound
area, please contact our office in
Tacoma:
1119 Pacific Avenue, Suite 1300
Tacoma, WA 98402
T 253-274-4955
For our work in Central
Washington, please contact our
office in Ellensburg:
409 North Pine Street
Ellensburg, WA 98926
T 509-962-1654
on the cover: RIFFE LAKE. PHOTO BY BENJAMIN HAYES
In late July, Tacoma Power purchased a conservation easement on 1,850 acres of land near Riffe
Lake in Lewis County. Forterra helped negotiate the purchase from landowner Pope Resources.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will manage the land. The 23.5-mile long Riffe Lake
is the second largest freshwater lake in western Washington. The forests around the lake are home
to a wide variety of wildlife species including elk, deer, bald eagle, pileated woodpecker and
numerous others.
Forterra mainline: 206-292-5907
Please contact the following
individuals for particular business
needs at Forterra:
EXECUTIVE
Gene Duvernoy, President,
206-905-6900
Bonne Tabb, Assistant to the
President, 206-905-6900
Teresa Macaluso, Executive Vice
President & Chief Operating
Officer, 206-905-6949
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Ann Gygi, General Counsel,
206-905-6938
CONSERVATION AND
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Michelle Connor, Executive Vice
President, Strategic Enterprises,
206-905-6899
Jill Scheffer, Senior Conservation
Managing Director,
509-962-1654
Liz Johnston, Conservation
Transactions Director,
206-905-6925
Table of Contents
Riffe Lake. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
3 Message from the President
4 Our Vision
5 Out and About
6 Highway 101 Revisited
8 Small City Success, a Q&A with Sumner Mayor Dave Enslow
11 The True Nature of Our Urban Forests
12 The Gubernatorial Candidate Forum, a Model for Success
13 17th Annual Conservation Awards Breakfast
14 Meeting the Challenge of Seven Generations at the Duwamish Hill
Preserve
16 Keeping the Farm in the Family
17 Altruism and Advocacy
18 Volunteer with Forterra
19 Chair’s Perspective
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message from the president ////////////////////////////////////
Mark Twain wrote that “distance lends enchantment
to the view.” It also gives a perspective and sense
of depth. That is why so many of us climb mountains
and gaze at the world around. It also played into
my thoughts as I attended a land and conservation
conference in Aix en Provence, France. Participants
were from France, Spain, USA, India and Australia. I left
with a conviction that our region has much to offer as
we all work to become more sustainable. We also have
much to learn from companion efforts around the globe.
After the conference, my wife Carolyn and I spent time walking to various hill
towns in the Luberon and then a few days with French family members. It turned
out to be a busman’s holiday to some extent. I pondered what made these French
cities and towns click? How do our relatives spend their time away from work? The
response of course is hugely complex, but it is answered in part by the vitality of
the French Café Culture. The communities put considerable value in their central
meeting places. They are places to appreciate the company of neighbors, discuss
life and politics and whatever else; places that create that special something that
makes a community a desirable place to live. We refer to these as third places –
not our home or work, but that third necessary place to round out our social lives.
That deep sense of place has defined many cultures for centuries. It is something
Forterra thinks hard about as we help create great communities where our families
celebrate living, which allows us to conserve our spectacular wild and working lands.
In this issue you’ll read about our partnership with several cities and tribes on
the Olympic Peninsula to define the ingredients of a great western town. From
the eastern side of the Sound, Sumner Mayor Dave Enslow and Tukwila Council
Member De’Sean Quinn’s articles reflect on the importance of a strong sense of
community and gathering spaces. In addition, you’ll read about the Green Everett
Partnership (the sixth and newest Green City), our Urban Forestry Research, the
conservation of Kittitas County’s Triple Creek Ranch, our Washington Conservation
Corps crewmembers and much more.
Several weeks ago, we did our own place making and moved to a new main office.
The office space is in a LEED certified building and was designed from the ground
up with consideration to who we are and how we work. The space demonstrates our
long term commitment to make this region all it can be. It also puts into architectural
form what is within our organizational DNA—that we have a fresh and demonstrably
successful approach to solving serious problems of sustainability for our region. For
our employees, it provides a foundation to be even more collaborative and successful
than we are today. It provides an even crisper sense of our mission and culture so we
stay laser focused on creating great communities and conserving great lands. And, it
simply will be a more fun space for us to do our work.
So from traveling around to hill top villages in France to travelling a few blocks
across town to a new central office space, this summer has been eventful and has
offered many lessons about how to be both livable and sustainable. Forterra is
committed to putting these lessons into action. I also have squeezed in a few days
to scramble to some of my favorite nearby peaks. I am happy to report the view
remains enchanting indeed.
POLICY
Skip Swenson, Senior Managing
Director, Policy, 206-905-6935
Alison Van Gorp, Urban Policy
Director, 206-905-6892
Leda Chahim, Government Affairs
Director, 206-905-6922
STEWARDSHIP
Hayes Swinney, Interim Managing
Director, 206-905-6950
Kory Kramer, Green Cities Manager,
206-905-6923
DEVELOPMENT & OUTREACH
Giyen Kim, Managing Director
Development and Marketing,
206-905-6930
Natalie Cheel, Marketing Director,
206-905-6927
Jodie Galvan, Major Gifts Officer,
206-905-6950
Kristen Kosidowski, Outreach
Program Manager, 206-905-6931
BUSINESS SERVICES
Teresa Macaluso, Executive Vice
President & Chief Operating
Officer, 206-905-6949
Ann Gygi, General Counsel,
206-905-6938
Melissa Laird, Controller,
206-905-6918
Christopher Walter, GIS Director,
206-905-6898
Gene Duvernoy, President
FALL 2012

our vision ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
THE CASCADE AGENDA is a 100 year vision and immediate action plan for the lands
and communities of our region. It is based on the input of thousands of residents
across our region and offers pragmatic solutions to the challenges and opportunities
created by our tremendous population growth. The Cascade Agenda’s collective
vision is grounded in the belief that a broad coalition can
achieve fundamental change.
It is a balanced approach to conservation and community
building that encourages collaboration across all sectors
and considers environmental, social and economic needs.
The Cascade Agenda brings together business, civic and
government leaders to accomplish two big goals:
Our Lands: Protect 1 million acres of working
forests (93% of existing timberland) and farms
(85% of current agricultural lands) and 265,000
acres of shorelines, natural areas and parks.
Our Communities: Maintain our rural economies
and way of life and enhance the vibrancy and
livability of our cities and towns.
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THE OLYMPIC AGENDA is an emerging
conversation with the residents of the Olympic
Peninsula to shape a future of great communities
and healthy landscapes. Forterra is working
with residents, organizations and businesses of
the Peninsula to create a 100-year vision and
immediate action plan for the lands, communities
and economy of Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson
and Mason Counties. Drawing on the experience
of creating The Cascade Agenda, Forterra will
identify and help implement strategies that will
provide a non-regulatory guide to conservation and
community growth.
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OUT
ABOUT
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Clockwise from top left: Forterra’s new I90 Land Stewards attended a training session at Noble Creek. Photo by Elsa Sargent
Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard threw the first pitch at the Mariner’s Forterra Night on July 14th. Photo by Ben Van Houten,
Seattle Mariners
Forterra staffers Kristen Kosidowski and Lisa Ciecko did outreach at this year’s Duwamish Alive! Photo by Larisa Lumba
Mayor McGinn stopped by the Forterra outreach table for a visit during the Rainier Valley Summer Streets.
Interested gardeners toured backyard garden spaces at the 3rd Annual Tacoma Community Gardens Summit. Photo by Skye Schell
Volunteers from Symetra Financial joined Forterra for a second year of restoration work at Hazel Wolf Wetlands for their annual
Week of Service. Photo by Kristen Kosidowski
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FALL 2012

HIGHWAY 101 REVISITED: BUILDING GREAT COMMUNITIES ON
THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA By Jeff Aken, Community Policies Program Manager
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We all have an idea in our minds of what a strong,
vibrant downtown looks like. It is a place where
locals and visitors alike want to spend time. It is filled with
thriving businesses, attractive buildings and streets that
work for people—pedestrians, cyclists, cars and freight
alike. It is a place that celebrates its history, a place that
feels like a real community. Picturing the ideal downtown
is one thing. Making that vision a reality, however, can be
a much greater challenge.
Forterra is working with communities on the Olympic
Peninsula to address this challenge by focusing on
the intersection of economic development, historic
preservation and urban design. In early June, Forterra
hosted two innovative workshops on the Peninsula that
brought together a broad spectrum of stakeholders,
including key civic and community leaders along with
planners, business leaders and preservation experts
to focus on opportunities to maintain, enhance and
revitalize historic downtowns.
As we have seen all over the country in recent years,
much of the retail and commercial growth on the
Peninsula was designed for the automobile and located
on the edges of cities and towns. This pulls critical
investments away from the hearts of communities. Many
of these downtowns are struggling to attract and retain
businesses and update streets and sidewalks. Unlike
many newer communities in the Puget Sound attempting
to define a downtown where none exists, Aberdeen,
Hoquiam, Shelton, Port Angeles, Port Townsend and
Sequim all have well-defined downtowns with walkable
streets and commercial spaces. The challenge they face
is how to drive new investment into those downtowns
and revitalize storefronts while making streets safe and
welcoming for people wishing to explore.
Many of these communities have already made great
progress in these efforts. Port Townsend is well known for
its strong Main Streets program that has been addressing
economic development and historic preservation since
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Hastings Building in downtown Port Townsend. Photo by Joe Lipka, www.joelipkaphoto.com

1985. Port Angeles and Sequim have both passed
ambitious new downtown plans in the last 18 months
and regionally the Discovery trail is connecting
communities with a town-to-town bike/walking trail.
Hoquiam, in Grays Harbor County, has been working
with businesses to activate downtown streets and
create compelling events that show off the historic
downtown.
The workshops Forterra hosted advanced the efforts
underway across the Peninsula and helped to define
the key challenges to their implementation. One of
the main goals is to build support among existing
business owners for the revitalization of downtowns.
It will also be important to educate residents and
elected officials about opportunities to bolster
economic activity downtown and the necessity of
marketing development opportunities. Lastly, one of
the biggest challenges is working with cities to obtain
financial resources to support these revitalization
efforts.
To address these questions in more detail, Forterra
partnered with Washington State Department of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation’s (DAHP) Main
Streets and Certified Local Government programs;
Washington State Department of Transportation’s
(WSDOT) Community Programs and local business
owners, property managers and planners. This group
brought inspiration, experience and opportunities
to these communities and offered concrete ways to
tackle the issues they face. Some of the opportunities
identified included the Main Streets tax credit
programs, WSDOT’s pedestrian and bike funding and
tax benefits for historic preservation that derive from
becoming a Certified Local Government.
Forterra is also working with Ocean Shores and
Aberdeen thanks to a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA). We will partner with
Ocean Shores and Aberdeen to help implement
important changes unique to their towns. Ocean
Shores recognizes the need to create a safe,
convenient way to walk from its beaches and hotels
to restaurants and shops in commercial areas. We
are assisting them in developing a Complete Streets
ordinance that will ensure that Ocean Shore’s streets
work for pedestrians and cyclists of all ages and
abilities along with cars and freight. The City of
Aberdeen is pursuing a downtown revitalization plan
and Forterra is helping with community engagement
and visioning around the development of this
plan. Both of these efforts are furthering Forterra’s
community programs; an entity that truly is able to
“create great communities.”
In addition to linking economic development, historic
preservation and urban design in communities,
Forterra will provide technical assistance to two tribes,
The Makah and Quinault, through EPA’s Building
Blocks for Sustainable Communities Grant program.
This planning, policy and community engagement
work will take place in the fall of 2012. The Makah
Tribe is working to improve both the health of tribal
members and the walkability of the community.
Forterra will conduct a walking audit for Tribal
members and assess the feasibility of a Rapid Health
Impact Assessment (HIA) focused on a proposed
waterfront trail. The Quinaults are planning to move
their historic village out of the Tsunami zone and
are working with Forterra to build civic engagement
and understanding among tribal members about the
planning process and how they can participate in the
upcoming discussions about the village relocation.
Great towns with strong economies, sustainable
transportation and a high quality of life will be
critical for the Olympic Peninsula. Not only will
they help the Peninsula’s residents, they will help
protect its great lands by reducing the demand for
sprawling development. This is the thinking behind
Forterra’s Olympic Agenda, an emerging plan for
the Peninsula’s economies, communities and lands.
Working with small towns across the Peninsula this
year has not only furthered the goals of the Olympic
Agenda, it’s shown that there’s great hope for similar
success across the whole region.
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Downtown Aberdeen. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
FALL 2012

SMALL CITY SUCCESS:
A Q&A with Sumner Mayor Dave Enslow
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By Josh Cohen, Media Associate
The City of Sumner, WA sits in the north end of Pierce
County, forming a triangle with Bonney Lake to the
southeast and Puyallup to the southwest. Home to almost
9,500 residents, it exemplifies what it means to be a
small city with unique challenges and unique advantages
in our ever-changing Puget Sound Region. Forterra has
worked closely with Sumner on the Orton Junction project,
a development plan that would conserve 500 acres of
farmland while bringing to town retail stores, residences, a
farmers market, medical offices and a coveted YMCA.
Sumner Mayor Dave Enslow was elected to office in 2005
and began his second term in 2009. We spoke to Mayor
Enslow about the challenges and successes Sumner has
seen as a small city, the way Sumner’s working to stay
relevant in the region, their status as rhubarb pie capital of
the world and more.
Let’s start with the most important question. How did
you become the rhubarb pie capital of the world?
Well, it’s an interesting history that includes a bit of a
mystery. For over 100 years, the area around Sumner
has been a huge producer of rhubarb. In 1893, Adam
Knoblauch shipped the first field rhubarb to Seattle
in gunny sacks. His son Henry was the first grower of
commercial hot-house rhubarb in the Sumner area, starting
about 1914. In the mid-20th century, one of the two
rhubarb growers associations actually hired a promoter to
travel across the nation to visit state fairs and encourage
cooking with rhubarb. We think that somewhere in there,
they came up with the “rhubarb pie capital of the world”
claim. We can trace it in newspapers as far back as 1946
but don’t know who actually started it. As of 2007, the
USDA census shows that 27 percent of the nation’s acres
growing rhubarb are still around Sumner.
What do you see as the biggest challenges of our region
today?
Well, there are the obvious answers like employment,
transportation, health care and affordable housing. Let me
go with something not often discussed: unique identity.
Sumner, like many cities in this region, has a proud history
and distinct character. How do we preserve those unique
identities so that our region is a collection of strong,
independent, complete cities instead of just one big
unending mass of urban sprawl?
As a small city, how
do those challenges
impact Sumner in
ways they might not
impact larger cities?
How has your city
been dealing with
those challenges?
Being small, we could
quickly become
irrelevant on the
regional scale. No one
worries that Seattle will
merge with Bellevue,
but how many realize
that Ballard used to be an independent small community?
We deal with it by doing what we can to be strong and
relevant so that when it does make sense to partner with
other cities we are a valuable, if small, partner.
Conceptually, we asserted our independence by bringing
back the Rhubarb Pie Capital celebration. It’s cute and fun,
but it also distinctly defines us. On a more serious side, we
moved forward to build Orton Junction. That one project
brings us health care, a gathering place, a farmer’s market
and additional retail options that residents are currently
seeking in Tacoma or even King County. Critics of the
project say our residents should just travel to Parkland
for new jobs and to Kent for retail and to Puyallup for
health care. I like partnering and visiting our neighbors,
but wouldn’t it make more sense to encourage Sumner to
bring back health care, retail, recreation and jobs here so
that people could access them by walking or biking instead
of a long trip in a car?
Alternatively, how do you think Sumner can be part of
the solution? One example that comes to mind is your
embrace of the Sounder rail line and providing parkand-ride
parking.
Sumner’s vision is to set the standard of excellence for a
progressive small town, and that’s how we can be part of
the solution. There are lifestyle options here that are old
but also popular again. On Main Street, you can still visit
the eye doctor, the bank, the pharmacy, City Hall, a few
restaurants and great shops within a two-block walk. No
car travel required. I love riding my bike the two miles from
my house to City Hall, and I’m 70, so if I can do it, anyone
can do it.
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Mayor Dave Enslow. Photo courtesy of the City of Sumner

Sounder expands that kind of easy access to the entire
region. You can live in Sumner and be in downtown
Seattle in 39 minutes by train. That’s incredible. There
are days when you can’t get from Queen Anne Hill to
Downtown in 39 minutes! Sumner’s part in the solution
is to provide a community that gives people the option
to choose living around this transit. To my knowledge,
we are one of the only cities on the rail line that have
blocks of beautiful housing within walking distance to
the station. We have a town center plan that is all about
transit-oriented development and putting even more
density around the station. Right now, Sound Transit
is also working with our community to improve access
to our station. That may mean parking but it may also
mean completing our trail system so that people can
walk or bike to the station. The public’s part in this is
to embrace choices that make transit a viable option in
their routine. Choosing transit may not mean driving
your car to a station instead of to work: it may mean
moving close to the station so you can walk to the train.
What programs and projects is Sumner advancing to
remain relevant in a fast growing region?
I may have already answered this one above, so let me
mention one other item that’s important. When many
people think about building strong communities, they
think about the physical aspects—streets, housing,
retail, etc. Yet, perhaps the strongest component
to building a strong community is building strong
relationships among people. In a small community, it
happens naturally. You know who visited your neighbor
for lunch yesterday, and you can’t get milk at the store
without seeing five people you know. Community
efforts are built from the ground up, not the other way
around. Orton Junction didn’t start with a developer
or even a city-led idea. It started with a group of
citizens who met on a Saturday morning five years ago
because they knew in their bones that Sumner needed
something more. Some wanted more athletics, some
wanted more art, some wanted someplace safe for
children to hang out on weekends. They met, they
debated, they researched, and they came to the city
with the idea of bringing a YMCA, which led to the
Orton Junction effort. They were able to do this so well
because they already knew and respected each other.
People are our most valuable resource and relationships
are definitely not disposable.
I’ve read Sumner is doing some interesting work
recycling biosolids from your Waste Water
Treatment plant that people can use to fertilize
their gardens. That seems like a win-win for the
environment and the city. Do you think programs
like this could be beneficial to other small cities in the
region?
This is a good story that gets overlooked. Like any, our
wastewater treatment facility produces biosolids from
all its processes. Typically, those biosolids get burned
at special facilities. We used to truck ours to Tenino,
but I think that one closed, so now, it would have to
be trucked to Eastern Washington. However, we no
longer have to truck ours anywhere thanks to some
forward-thinking by our employees. When we redid our
facility a few years ago, they insisted on investing in the
equipment to produce a class A biosolid that can be
used by gardeners. We have a product that exceeds,
by far, all the EPA’s standards for such biosolids. People
can pick up a truckload or come by a shelter near the
facility to shovel whatever they want into their own
containers—all for free. We no longer have any left
that needs to be trucked anywhere to be burned.
Sometimes, people complain that we’re out!
Gardeners get a free, all-natural alternative to chemical
fertilizers; the City eliminated its transport and fuel
costs; and the region gets cleaner air with fewer
truck emissions and fewer emissions from burning
the biosolids. I think what’s beneficial is that great,
progressive ideas can come from so many places. We
as communities have to encourage everyone to say,
“Hey, I have an idea…” and then be willing to listen. On
a regional scale, that means that Sumner or Buckley or
Orting may have an idea that’s as progressive as one
coming out of Bellingham or Olympia.
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The Art & Rhubarb Pie Festival in downtown Sumner. Photo courtesy of the City of Sumner
FALL 2012

WELCOME GREEN EVERETT PARTNERSHIP:
Snohomish County’s First Green City
By Joanna Nelson de Flores, Green Cities Project Manager
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Access to green space and forested parkland is a
critical element for ensuring our cities provide the
high quality of life we all want. They can provide an
escape from the hustle and bustle of the city, educational
opportunities and a place in which communities can
come together. Luckily for those of us in the Puget Sound
region, our cities have some of the finest parks in the
country. But, those parks cannot remain so incredible
on their own. Our trees are aging and remnant forests
are under the threat of invasive species that, left to their
own devices, would leave us with nearly useless fields of
English Ivy, holly and Himalayan blackberry.
This is where Forterra’s Green Cities Program comes
in. Working in partnership with municipalities around
the region, we’re helping develop and implement
community-based stewardship programs for forested
parklands, natural areas and greenspaces. Our restoration
and stewardship efforts have been making an important
impact in Seattle, Kirkland, Tacoma, Redmond and Kent.
Now, as of April of this year, we’ve joined forces with the
City of Everett to create our sixth Green City Partnership,
the first in Snohomish County.
Everett Parks & Recreation and Forterra have created
the Green Everett Partnership to improve the ecological
health of Everett’s forested parks and natural areas, while
educating and inspiring residents to help care for those
resources. We will create a comprehensive assessment
of the city’s forested parklands and draft a 20-year plan
with short- and long-term goals. The plan will assign
responsibilities, determine costs and help build lasting
ties with community volunteers.
“This special partnership allows us to plan and begin the
restoration in our forested parks that we have wanted to
focus on for quite some time now,” said Everett Parks
Director Paul Kaftanski. “People love being outdoors
and in natural areas, especially when they live in urban
settings. Our parks are a great destination for all kinds
of recreation. We want to keep them as desirable of
destinations as possible.”
Forterra’s participation in the Green Everett Partnership
was made possible by a generous grant from The
Boeing Co. This grant enabled Forterra to contribute the
valuable staff time and expertise needed to launch the
program.
“Boeing recognizes the importance of protecting and
preserving our local lands and their benefits to a healthy
community. Through the Green Everett partnership, our
investment engages thousands of volunteers each year to
help make Snohomish County community parks safe and
accessible,” said Liz Warman, director of Boeing Global
Corporate Citizenship for the Northwest region.
The Green Everett Partnership is already working on the
ground to build community support. The Partnership
is looking for dedicated volunteers that love to spend
time outside working in their local forested parks. The
Partnership will support and train Forest Stewards to
implement restoration projects and lead groups of
volunteers to rebuild healthy native plant communities
within Everett’s forested parks and natural areas. This
year the partnership will focus on developing stewardship
activities at Howarth Park and Thornton A. Sullivan Park
at Silver Lake, but stewards interested in working at any
Everett forested park are encouraged to get involved.
If you’re interested in becoming a forest steward
please contact greeneverett@forterra.org or
425-238-0065 for more information
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Photo by Norah Kates

THE TRUE
NATURE OF OUR
URBAN FORESTS
Forterra’s Urban
Forestry Research
By Lisa Ciecko, Green Cities Project Manager and Weston Brinkley, Stewardship Research & Development Manager
Trees and natural areas are all around us. They are not
just out in the mountains or over on the coast, but in
our parks and backyards and on our streets. But, much
of what we know about natural areas—their health, how
they impact us, how to maintain them—was determined
through research in rural areas and wilderness, not where
people are most often in contact with them. The trees
and natural areas where people live and work are much
different and have a special set of needs and values they
provide. Because most people live in cities and towns,
these are the landscapes that that have the most direct
impact on our lives. Conducting new research about
these unique spaces will teach us how to maintain these
landscapes and get the most value from them. Urban
forestry research is therefore paramount in creating livable
communities and conserving great natural areas.
Starting in 2009 with initial funding from the US Forest
Service Pacific Northwest Research Station and the
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Forterra
joined a broad range of partners including the University
of Washington, King County, EarthCorps, City of Seattle
and the Forest Service to form the Green Cities Research
Alliance. This collaborative partnership pairs scientists
with practitioners and local decision makers to co-design
and implement research efforts that provide relevant and
practical information. Needs were assessed, research
scopes drafted and implementation co-managed by this
range of professions to increase research effectiveness.
One project included in-depth field interviews with
over four-hundred volunteers working to steward and
restore urban natural areas in Seattle Parks, King County
Parks and the Duwamish River Corridor. Results teach
us about volunteer motivations and experiences, which
are being worked into volunteer event management and
recruitment programs at the City of Seattle, King County
and numerous non-profit event leads. Interestingly,
these environmental volunteers are motivated by social
considerations such as improving their neighborhood and
meeting new people.
Another project developed and implemented rapid
data collection methods to provide a comprehensive
understanding of the composition and health of forested
areas. Piloted on over 20,000 acres of forested King
County parklands, the project has produced, for the first
time ever, a complete picture that park managers can
work from to prioritize forest management and implement
programs to improve this important regional resource.
The tool itself now can be used more widely as an
advanced technique for urban forest assessment.
Our ecosystem values project examined the condition
of urban forests. Much like the volunteer assessment,
this work was carried out in three areas – City of Seattle,
King County Parks and the Green-Duwamish River
Corridor. Tree measurements were compiled and analyzed
to characterize the forest structure and to calculate
ecosystem services (like carbon sequestration and
pollution removal) and to estimate associated economic
values. In Seattle, the Forest Ecosystems Values project
results are informing Urban Forest Management Plan
revisions and building awareness of the value of the
city’s trees.
Though the last three years of research has been
substantial, it is only the initial project of the Green
Cities Research Alliance. Future research will continue to
improve the way we exist with our most immediate natural
resources. As we continue to coordinate the efforts of
the science community and land managers within the
Pacific Northwest region, we will continue to improve our
landscapes and communities and link our investigations
to other U.S. urban areas.
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Lisa Ciecko and King County Parks Resource Specialist conducting research. Photo by Troy Deady, King County Parks
FALL 2012

The Gubernatorial Candidate Forum,
a Model for Success
By Leda Chahim, Government Affairs Director
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On November 6, the people of Washington will elect a
new governor, marking the start of a new era for our
state. In these tough economic times, we need a leader
who can bring everyone together from disparate sides of
our state’s most pressing issues to find solutions that serve
our communities now and into the future. We need to
ensure that all of our state’s residents have opportunities
for economic prosperity, a great quality of life and
access to the natural assets that support our health and
happiness including forests, farms, salmon and wildlife.
On June 27, Enterprise Community Partners, Forterra
and NAIOP came together to co-host a Gubernatorial
Candidate Forum with Attorney General Rob McKenna
and former U.S. Representative Jay Inslee. Nearly
350 guests joined our organizations at the Westin in
downtown Seattle for a question and answer session
moderated by Chris Sullivan of KIRO FM.
When it was first announced that Enterprise, Forterra and
NAIOP were co-hosting a forum, many people were struck
by the seemingly-unlikely partnership. But, stepping back
and examining each organization’s mission, it is clear we
share an interest in smart infrastructure investments; green
affordable housing and land use that can accommodate
growth, support the economy, and maintain a good
quality of life while protecting the extraordinary natural
assets of our State.
Through the course of the hour and a half-long forum,
Sullivan implored the candidates to share their visions
for how to grow our economy, protect our lands, provide
access to affordable housing and other key issues.
While there were certainly differences, there were areas
of agreement between the candidates as well. The
candidates described the importance of programs like
the Housing Trust Fund in supporting the state’s most
vulnerable residents. Both Inslee and McKenna expressed
a deep appreciation of the value of our state’s natural
resources to our economy. They shared an interest in
innovative programs to supplement public investment in
our communities, pointing to transferable development
rights (TDR) programs that leverage the private market to
conserve working farms, forests and natural lands. Inslee
offered that we need to find the economic engine that
marries the creation of livable cities with conserving our
states natural assets, such as TDR and an infrastructure
financing tool called tax increment financing. McKenna
pointed to the Landscape Conservation and Local
Infrastructure Program (LCLIP) as a model for linking the
two and financing infrastructure while incentivizing the
conservation of our farms, forests and natural areas.
When Washington welcomes its new Governor in January,
we will look to them to help lead us in growing our
economy while setting our communities on a course for
a sustainable future accessible to all of Washington’s
residents.
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Photos by Kristy J. Alley

17th Annual Conservation Awards Breakfast
Forterra’s annual Conservation Awards Breakfast is a
special time for our organization where we get to look to
our broad base of partners and friends and recognize them
for the important work they’re doing to help create great
communities and conserve great lands around the region.
On May 17th, we held our 17th annual Awards Breakfast
and it was a great success. Thank you to all of our
Table Captains, sponsors and guests. In a new room at
the WA State Convention Center with close to record
attendees, we honored some outstanding members of
our community. Our awardees ranged from the Seattle
Center for their Next Fifty Celebration to the S. Central
WA Resource and Conservation Development Council
for the Reecer Creek Floodplain enhancement project as
well as the WA Trails Association for their commitment
to providing great hiking opportunities in the state and
E3 for integrating education, environment and economy
for a sustainable future. The Frank Pritchard Lifetime
Achievement Award was rightfully awarded to Chairman
Ron Allen of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe whose
acceptance speech was exceptionally poignant and
thank you to our community partners
moving and was proceeded by a wonderful performance
from the Port Gamble S’Klallam singers.
“American Indian tribes, in our community, have always
been for terra. We have been historically for the land.
For preservation of the land. For protection of it. In our
culture, in our religious practices and traditions protection
of the environment, all that has been given to us, must be
protected. For me as a leader from my tribe, it has always
been about balance.”
Forterra’s Board member, Andy Wappler’s request for
support was humorous and heartfelt with a play on
Forterra’s new trademark ampersand. President Gene
Duvernoy spoke to the meaning of the ampersand and
how it represents Forterra’s mission and values. Stone
Gossard of Pearl Jam closed the morning out with a call to
action for all businesses, large and small, to join Forterra,
Pearl Jam and 12 other prominent businesses to recognize,
reduce and mitigate their carbon footprint through a new
program called C 3
(Carbon Capturing Companies).
You can watch all the videos and speeches at
Youtube.com/forterranw
GREEN CITIES PARTNER:
Gene Duvernoy &
Carolyn Madsen
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Levensky | Denny Miller Associates Inc. | Gallatin Public Affairs | Stone Gossard | Greater Metro Parks Foundation | Green Diamond
Resource Company | Virginia & George Gunby | Heartland LLC | Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S. | James and Eileen Kelley |
Martha Kongsgaard and Peter Goldman | Martin Flynn Public Affairs, Inc | Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish
Counties | Merrill & Ring Forest Products LP | Miller Nash, LLP | Mithun | Pacific Portfolio Consulting, LLC | Perkins Coie LLC |
Plum Creek Timber Company | Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe | PSG Washington, Inc. | William D. and Jill Ruckelshaus | Schnitzer
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Transit | Stoel Rives LLP | Stream Real Estate LLC | The Student Conservation Association, Inc. | The Commerce Bank of Washington
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FALL 2012

meeting the challenge of
SEVEN GENERATIONS AT THE
DUWAMISH HILL PRESERVE
By Guest Writer De’Sean Quinn, Tukwila Councilmember
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hen I was in the third grade, I learned the power of
W people working toward a common purpose. It was
something my parents instilled in me as a young child.
And it is represented by the people willing to volunteer
their time restoring the Duwamish Hill Preserve.
The Preserve started with a collective vision backed up
with robust volunteerism. Eight years ago, the Friends
of the Hill partnered with Forterra and a willing property
owner—a true “public-private partnership”—with a
mutual commitment and ability to embrace a very unique
project. My wife and son have joined me volunteering
along with many others at restoration events at the site.
Those of us who live in Tukwila regard the Preserve as a
shared community project of historic significance.
Thanks to the dedication demonstrated by all who
volunteer, championing this issue through the city council
with my fellow council member Verna Seal was an
opportunity to honor volunteers with sound public policy.
The combination of a slowing economy and growing
demands on taxpayer dollars is forcing all policymakers
to make tough choices. Those choices do not, however,
have to include abandoning our responsibility to preserve
our natural heritage and protect our quality of life
through protecting our environment. How a community
treats its environment defines our moral and ethical
commitment to social and environmental justice. We are
demonstrating that commitment through this project.
There is much more work to do. This 10.5 acre property
was acquired in 2004, in Partnership with Forterra and
the City of Tukwila. The Hill is part of a mid-Duwamish
Valley cultural landscape significant in Puget Sound Salish
traditional stories known as the “Epic of the Winds.”
As a council member the significance of supporting
Duwamish Hill Preserve took me back to my childhood.
My parents taught me about the seven generations
of sustainability—the concept of urging the current
generations to live sustainably and work for the benefit
of the seventh generation into the future. They were
taught it by friends they protested with during the civil
rights movement in Seattle, where community activists
worked together toward the common purpose of equity
and social justice. In my career as a public servant I’ve
worked hard to meet this standard of planning through
progressive public policy.
Working toward preserving Duwamish Hill allows the City,
Forterra and volunteers the opportunity to realize the
“concept of benefiting children seven generations into
the future.” In order to benefit the seventh generation
of our region we must reclaim our environment through
the protection of open space and natural areas and the
improvement of our water quality. We are seeing these
efforts in the work to restore Puget Sound.
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Photo by Elsa Sargent

Locally we must let our actions match our
rhetoric. Doing so will require continued
leadership, courage and a connection to our
next generations. Friends of the Hill, Forterra,
a willing property owner, the City of Tukwila
and King County understood Duwamish
Hill Preserve’s significance. We realized the
vision, made it our reality and now know that
this property will remain in public ownership
in perpetuity. It will serve as an outdoor
classroom for children learning about the
cultural, ecological and community history
of this place. It will continue to be a living
monument of tradition available to schools,
nonprofit organizations and clubs to tell that
story of the “Epic of the Winds”. Maybe it will
be the catalyst for a young student standing at
the highest point of the Hill to be inspired by
leadership and to find the courage to reclaim
another site.
This is just one of many projects that need to
occur if we are going to meet the challenges
of climate change and ongoing development.
Without a functioning ecosystem we will
continue to lose what so many take for
granted. It’s why we must pass meaningful
shoreline regulations, address urban
stormwater and promote green infrastructure
solutions throughout the region as well
as promote renewable energy. Through
leadership and creative partnerships we
can live up to the standard of the seventh
generation. I want to always have the
opportunity to look my son in the eye and tell
him confidently that “I am doing all I can to
support his future environment”
“How a community
treats its
environment defines
our moral and
ethical commitment
to social and
environmental
justice.”
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Councilmember Quinn and his family volunteered at this year’s Duwamish Alive! Photo by Larisa Lumba
FALL 2012

keeping the farm
in the family
KITTITAS COUNTY’S TRIPLE CREEK RANCH
By Josh Cohen, Media Associate
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oma and Vernon Stokes are life-long farmers in
R Kittitas County. Their farm, Triple Creek Ranch, has
been in the family for over 80 years, at various times
working as a cattle ranch and growing crops such as
alfalfa, hay and grain. Now, thanks to a longtime effort to
conserve their land, Triple Creek Ranch can continue as a
working farm for generations to come.
“Bringing this project together took longer than we
expected,” said Vernon Stokes. “But we stuck with
Forterra and the process and were ultimately able to
make sure that the farm we love will stay a farm for our
kids, grandkids and great-grandkids.”
In 2007, the Stokes approached Forterra with a
request to help them stave off the constant offers
from developers wanting to subdivide their property
for rural residential development. Forterra agreed to
help, recognizing the importance of Triple Creek Ranch
as a working farm with high quality riparian habitat,
uninterruptible water rights, high water quality, important
wildlife corridors and historic family ownership.
Farms all around Washington face similar struggles as
Triple Creek Ranch. As our population grows, developers
look to build new residential and commercial properties
and farms are often the land on which they aim to build.
Farmers, facing our tough economy, often have little
choice but to sell their land for development. Before
the purchase of the conservation easement, Triple
Creek Ranch was zoned for thirteen 20-acre residential
parcels and it seemed like a very real possibility that land
conversion would have to take place. With the easement
in place, however, development is prohibited on all but
five acres that already have homes built on them.
Conservation easements allow farmers to realize
the development value of their land while retaining
ownership for continued agricultural production. Kitittas
County and Forterra will co-hold the conservation
easement on Triple Creek Ranch and the Stokes family
will continue to be the underlying fee holder.
Roma Stokes said, “We want our family to be able to
enjoy the farm forever. It means the world to us that we
are able to leave this legacy for them.”
As with most successful Forterra projects, the
conservation of this farm took a lot of persistent, hard
work with a variety of partners and stakeholders.
“We are very excited about the successful conservation of
Triple Creek,” said Jill Scheffer, Forterra Senior Managing
Conservation Director. “It was a long process, but we
kept at it and were able to help the Stokes family fulfill
their dream to protect their family farm.”
Triple Creek’s acquisition was completed with grants
from the Natural Resources Conservation Service Farm
and Ranchland Preservation Program and the State
of Washington Recreation and Conservation Office’s
Farmland Preservation program. Both programs are
critical to the future of farming in Washington.
The conservation of Triple Creek Ranch is an important
step forward in Forterra’s mission to conserve 200,000
acres of working farmland in Kittitas County. The work is
guided by The Cascade Agenda, a 100-year vision for the
Central Cascade region’s economies, communities and
lands.
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Roma and Vernon Stokes. Photo by Jill Arango

in our backyard ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Forterra’s Washington Conservation Corps Crew
By Cary Hofmann, WCC Crew Supervisor
Many people know that Forterra does restoration
work around the region, but far fewer know that
we sponsor a crew of Washington Conservation
Corps service volunteers. Cary Hofman has led
Forterra’s WCC crew for over three years now. In
this article he shares his experience with field
work, leadership and Forterra’s impact on the
communities in which he works.
My name is Cary Hofmann. I am supervisor
for the Forterra sponsored Washington
Conservation Corps Crew. I’ve been leading WCC
crews for three years and October will mark the start
of my fourth. My crew consists of five 18–25 year
olds on a one year contract with Forterra. Our work
primarily consists of restoration and maintenance on
Forterra properties and Green City sites. We plant
native plants and trees, remove invasive species and
mulch. Because the vast majority of our work takes
place in the community, we are the face of Forterra
out in the field every day.
I enjoy our work because of the sincere appreciation
the Forterra staff has for what we do, from the
smallest projects to major undertakings. It is really
nice to work with people that not only enjoy their
jobs but also choose to be at Forterra because they
believe in its goals. It encourages my crew and
me to strive to do better every day. I get the most
enjoyment out of watching my crew develop and
grow and seeing them push themselves out in the
worst conditions doing hard work.
Another fun aspect of our job is helping Forterra
with their annual Conservation Awards Breakfast.
While the Forterra staff tackles every small detail to
plan the event, we get the fun assignment of turning
the Convention Center into a forest. It is a great
experience for the crew to see how big Forterra is
and to get to know the people involved who support
us. It is also the one time of year the crew and I are
not covered in dirt for most of the day.
The annual Awards Breakfast always shows the
impact Forterra is making in the community, but
the Crew and I also often see that impact working
in the field. People who knew us as Cascade Land
Conservancy have approached us at work wanting
to know about the name change. Initially this didn’t
seem like a big deal, but I realized these people
were making an effort to ask about a name change
because they cared about the organization.
The WCC work is certainly difficult at times, but it’s
very important. We have something really special
with this region’s natural spaces and I want to make
sure future generations get to enjoy it the way I
do. It doesn’t matter to me that we are out there
every day in all weather conditions, because we are
doing this for our world and its future. I feel proud
when my crew come to work every day and at the
end of the year tell me that despite all they have
been through—the ups and downs—that they really
enjoyed their experience.
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Cary and his WCC crew battling knotweed at the Cedar River. Photo by Judy Blanco
FALL 2012

volunteer with Forterra! //////
Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Peter Orser, Chair
Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company
Jim Greenfield, Vice Chair
Davis Wright Tremaine
Bruce Williams, Treasurer and Immediate Past Chair
HomeStreet Bank
Patti Case, Secretary
Green Diamond Resource Company
AT-LARGE MEMBERS
Rob Bernard, Microsoft Corporation
JJ Collins, Freestone Real Estate LLC
Gene Duvernoy, President
Nicole Faghin, Washington Sea Grant
Daniel Friedman, UW, Dean, College of Built Environments
Bert Gregory, AIA, Mithun Architects, Designers, Planners
Bob Hart, Enpro Consulting
John Howell, Cedar River Group
A-P Hurd, Touchstone Corporation
Terry Mutter, The Boeing Company
Ken Myer, Vantage Point
Greg Nickels, Former Seattle Mayor
Dan Nordstrom, Outdoor Research
Thomas O’Keefe, River Advocate
Frank Pritchard, Emeritus Board Member
Natalie Quick, Natalie Quick Consulting
Floyd Rogers, Open Space Advocate
Joe Sambataro, Labor Ready Inc., Retired
Broderick Smith, Urban Visions
Marilyn Strickland, Mayor, City of Tacoma
Bill Taylor, Taylor Shellfish
Aaron Toso, Gallatin Public Affairs
Dave Towne, Towne Planning Services
Ruth True, NuBe Green
Doug Walker, WRQ, Founding Partner
Andy Wappler, Puget Sound Energy
Ron Whitener, UW School of Law
Council of Advisors
Gerry Johnson, Chair, Pacifica Law Group
Ken Alhadeff, Eltteas Enterprises
Phil Barrett, Private Investor
Bob Drewel, Puget Sound Regional Council
Bruce Hosford, Hosford Ventures
Mike Garvey, Saltchuk
John Howell, Cedar River Group
Nick Hanauer, Second Avenue Partners
Carol James, Open Space Advocate
Judd Kirk, Port Blakely Communities
Brian Janssen, Onyx Founder
Martha Kongsgaard, Kongsgaard Goldman Foundation
John McCoy, Tulalip Tribes
Denny Miller, Denny Miller Associates Inc.
Dan Nordstrom, Outdoor Research
Bill Pope, Mazama Country Inn
Ron Sher, Terranomics Development
Herb Simon, Simon Johnson LLC
David Skinner, ShadowCatcher Entertainment
Greg Smith, Urban Visons
Craig Ueland
Maryann Tagney Jones
Bob Wallace, Wallace Properties
Volunteers are an integral part of Forterra’s mission. Many
of you are probably aware that Forterra and the Green City
Partnerships host restoration events at parks and green
spaces all around the region. Volunteers join us to remove
invasive plant species, plant native species, mulch, build
and maintain trails and have a great time doing it! But
did you know there are many other ways to engage with
Forterra and help advance our mission to create great
communities and conserve great lands?
Some volunteers lend their expertise in our office, bringing
their skills in graphic design, photography, writing, GIS and
much more. Others lend their time supporting important
issues in their community by advocating to their elected
leaders and organizing their fellow citizens to do the
same. Others still serve as land stewards, monitoring
and restoring properties Forterra has conserved around
the region.
If you’re interested in learning more about volunteering,
visit us online at forterra.org/get_involved/volunteer or
contact us at volunteer@forterra.org.
FORTERRA EVENTS
Forterra events are a great way to volunteer and engage
with our organization. Check out these great events
coming up this fall. More information and events online at
forterra.org/events.
Celebrate the Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway -
Ellensburg, 9/29/2012, 4 - 7pm
Flavors of Conservation - Ellensburg, 10/11/2012, 7 - 9pm
Youth Environmental Summit - Tacoma, 10/12/12, TBD
Cedar River Restoration Planting Event - Maple Valley
10/13/2012, 10am – 2 pm
Open Trails at Morse Wildlife Preserve - Graham,
10/14/2012, 12 - 4pm
Green Tacoma Day - Various Parks, 10/20/2012, 10am - 1pm
Green Kent Day! - Morrill Meadows Park, 10/27/2012,
9am - 12pm
Green Seattle Day - Various parks, 11/3/2012, 10am - 2pm
Holiday Open House - Seattle, 12/5/12, 5:30 - 9pm
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FORTERRA ENTERPRISES BOARD
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As Board Chair, I fill many roles
at Forterra. Often that role
is to provide strategic guidance
for the organization’s business
operations. Other times it is to help
raise funds. One of my favorite
roles I get to fill is supporting
Forterra’s programmatic work
through outreach. Recently, I’ve had
the opportunity to gather support
from a broad group of stakeholders
around the Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway project.
The Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway is Washington’s first
designated scenic byway. For those of you who haven’t had the
opportunity to visit, it is truly one of the State’s natural treasures.
The river winds through steep canyon walls, surrounded by
central Washington’s famous shrub-steppe grasslands. Outdoor
enthusiasts come from all around to experience the Canyon’s
world-class blue ribbon fishing, as well as river rafting, biking,
hunting and more.
Forterra has been working with partners to update the corridor
management plan, a blueprint for the Byway that was never
implemented. Currently, we are working to conserve the Bighorn
Umtanum property, 700 acres in the heart of the Canyon. The
Umtanum property is critical for securing public access and
preserving the Canyon’s natural habitat.
Over the summer I hosted a convening of stakeholders
interested in advancing our Scenic Byway efforts. We discussed
strategies for raising the funds necessary to conserve property
around the Byway as well as ways to build on the energy of fly
fisherman and other recreationalists who already treasure the
River Canyon.
The effort to conserve and improve the Yakima River Canyon
Scenic Byway is an impressive undertaking by Forterra. But—
and this is one of things that’s always attracted me to Forterra—
it is just one of many important and potentially transformative
projects underway at this organization. As you read in this issue,
Forterra’s Communities Policy Team is working with several
communities on the Olympic Peninsula and around the Puget
Sound Region to improve economies, walkability, quality of life
and more. Forterra successfully conserved a working farm in
Kittitas County that’s been in the same family for over 80 years.
They’re doing cutting-edge research on the value and impact of
urban forestland. Even that is just a glimpse at Forterra’s total
body of work. And that’s exciting.
Looking ahead, there will still be plenty of challenges and
hurdles for the Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway project and
others. But I’m confident that Forterra will prevail and I, along
with my fellow board members, will continue providing the
support necessary to help get that work done.
Steve Ohlenkamp, President, The Communications Group
Rod Brown, Cascadia Law Group PLLC
Jim Greenfield, Davis Wright Tremaine
Jim Reinhardsen, Heartland LLC
Gary Young, Polygon Northwest Company
Trustees
KING COUNTY
Thomas O’Keefe, Chair
Brooke Alford
Mark Boyar
Crystal Carter
Wally Costello
Nona Ganz
Jim Greenfield
Carolyn Hope
Craig Krueger
Doug McClelland
Harry Morgan
Dave Russell
Chuck Wolfe
Janet Wall
KITTITAS COUNTY
Jim Armstrong
Jim Briggs
Deborah Essman
Kirk Holmes
Jim Huckabay
Jeff Jones
Kelly Larimer
Jason Smith
Tami Walton
PIERCE COUNTY
Aaron Toso, Chair
Bruce Beckett
Katrina Bloemsma
Ione Clagett
Tom Galdabini
Ron Hendry
Lara Herrmann
Kris Kauffman
Nancy Pearson
Monty Smith
Herb Stumpf
Derek Young
Allen Zulauf
SNOHOMISH COUNTY
Nicole Faghin, Chair
Jay Goodwin
Stephanie Hansen
Linda Neunzig
Allison Raduziner
Scott Schreffler
Reid Shockey
DJ Wilson
Allen Zulauf
MASON COUNTY
Patti Case, Chair
Jean Farmer
Emily Garlich
Bob Hager
Tom Hamilton
Terri Jeffreys
Brian McGinnis
Dan O’Neal
David Overton
Dawn Pannell
Bob Simmons
Bill Taylor
Peter Orser
WINTER 2011

formerly CASCADE LAND CONSERVANCY
901 Fifth Ave, Suite 2200
Seattle, WA 98164
Non profit Org
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit No. 106
Blaine, WA
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
we MOVED!
Our new address is:
901 Fifth Ave, Suite 2200
Seattle WA 98164
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After over 14 years in the historic Broderick Building of Pioneer Square, we capitalized
on the downswing in the commercial real estate market and moved our main office. On
Monday, August 27th, we settled in to our new home at 901 5th Avenue in downtown
Seattle. The new location was designed from the ground up to reflect Forterra’s values
and mission as well as create an efficient and collaborative work environment for our
employees. We are thrilled that our new building is silver LEED certified and the furniture
is made with recycled materials and wood by-products from local milling operations.
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please save the date
ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE on DECEMBER 5th!
We look forward to sharing this new space with our supporters and partners to continue to
create great communities and conserve great lands.
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