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Conservation Futures committee recommends $108.7 million for 2026 land and shoreline acquisitions
Summary
The Conservation Futures Advisory Committee recommended $108.7 million in awards — $95 million from Conservation Futures Trust and $13.8 million from the parks levy — across 64 project requests to buy and protect farmland, shoreline, forest and parkland countywide.
The King County Conservation Futures Advisory Committee recommended $108.7 million in conservation funding for projects across the county, the committee reported to the Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee. The recommendation packages $95,000,000 from the Conservation Futures Trust (CFT) and $13,800,000 in county parks-levy open-space match funding to support land purchases and easements across municipalities and unincorporated areas.
The committee received 64 applications requesting about $137,000,000 and recommended funding for a broad slate of city, nonprofit and county projects that preserve shoreline, forest, farmland, trails and parks. The recommended projects cited in committee…
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