Washington

One of TPL's smallest Northwest projects, the Blaine Street Steps climb two solid blocks up to Seattle's North Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The only true fjord in the lower 48 states is located just 20 miles from downtown Seattle. Hood Canal, Washington is punctuated by mountains, rivers, streams, and vast evergreen forests. The Hood Canal area draws visitors from all over the world, yet access to the pristine forests and waters is limited.

The Trust for Public Land recognized early on importance of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon-Washington border and work save it from thoughtless development

The Trust for Public Land has partnered with Readiness Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)-a program to buffer critical military installations-to help purchase land on the Olympic Peninsula to add to Dosewallips State Park.

TPL purchased the Engle Farm property in October 2000 and protected 109 acres with conservation easements held by the National Park Service.

In 2003, TPL protected this 3,800-acre property consisting of 8 checkerboard sections in Kittitas County, Washington,

In June 2003, TPL successfully completed the first phase of the Lake Easton conservation project, protecting 509 acres adjacent to the Lake Easton State Park in Kittitas County.

The Trust for Public Land partnered with the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust and Icicle Fund to conserve the nearly 170-acre property near Leavenworth in 2009.

North Cougar Mountain was one of the last and largest undeveloped, privately-owned properties on Cougar Mountain. North Cougar Mountain connects directly to Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, a scenic and richly forested network of hiking trails in the Issaquah Alps.

In 1998, TPL, in partnership with the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), stepped in to protect the last undeveloped piece of downtown Seattle waterfront for a public sculpture park.

In Wenatchee and East Wenatchee, The Trust for Public Land is working with city leaders, neighborhood groups, and residents to create the parks that residents need to build fitness, celebrate shared history, and strengthen community bonds.

Since establishing our Washington office in 1975, The Trust for Public Land has become a conservation leader in Puget Sound, preserving natural forest lands that capture and filter fresh water supplies, and protecting the shoreline of our unique inland sea

For more than 15 years, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission eyed
the Scott property, 112 pristine acres of land on the east shore of
Harstine Island, as a potential new park location.

The Trust for Public Land is working to bring free outdoor exercise gyms to parks across the city.

In July of 2018 The Trust for Public Land protected more than 7,000 acres in the South Puget Sound. The land, which is located on the Olympic Peninsula south of Hood Canal and east of Case Inlet, will remain in active timber production while protecting water quality and wildlife habitat. It provides exceptional hiking, mountain biking, and outdoor recreation.

We are working in partnership with King County Parks, to protect the land in "the Issaquah Alps" that will become a future regional county-owned park.

Just south of Seattle, Mason County is blessed with miles of pristine Puget Sound shoreline, but with hardly any public access.

TPL helped save 39-acres of undeveloped land that in 2008, became Taylor Bay Conservation Area on Key Peninsula in Pierce County.

Visible from throughout the San Juan Islands, Turtleback Mountain served as a landmark for the Salish people of the Northern Straits as they traveled across their villages and fishing grounds.

The Chimacum Valley in Jefferson County is experiencing a resurgence of agricultural production and is quickly becoming a hub of community-based food production in Washington State. At the same time, rapid development in this fertile valley is making it difficult for young farmers to buy land.