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Skagit County approves option to purchase Haller Farm to enable coordinated habitat and farmland plan
Summary
County commissioners voted 3-0 to approve a 2½-year option agreement that secures the right to buy the roughly 544-acre Haller Farm, allowing time for appraisal, financing and coordinated design of habitat restoration and farmland protections with tribes, drainage districts and other partners.
Skagit County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an option agreement giving the county the exclusive right for 2½ years to purchase the Haller Farm, a roughly 540–544 acre family property on the North Fork of the Skagit River.
The option secures time for due diligence, a market appraisal and partner fundraising while carving out a maximum habitat footprint of about 110 acres for Chinook habitat restoration and preserving the remainder through a farmland-legacy easement. The board approved the agreement 3-0.
Why it matters: County staff and local drainage districts described the purchase-rights agreement as a mechanism to break long-running gridlock over how to reconcile farm operations, failing drainage infrastructure and tribal habitat priorities on the Skagit–Samish delta. Will Hoehne, who presented the proposal, said the option “provides a 2…
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