Washington Watershed Conservation Fund
Photo: Suter Creek, Tributary to Eagle Creek in Estacada, Oregon
Participate in developing a revolving loan fund to support watershed acquisition efforts in Washington.
Based on the needs identified by Washington Department of Ecology and conservation partners, a new funding tool is being developed to accelerate the ability to access revolving loan funds.
Over the past year, Craft3 has developed a structured revolving loan fund, and implemented this effort through a pilot project. and working closely with Sustainable Northwest, Washington Association of Land Trust, and Columbia Land Trust.
The next step of this effort is to gather feedback from the additional potential applicants to this project.
Photo: Indian Creek Reservoir within Ilwaco’s Bear Ridge Community Forest, Springboard Forestry.
If you are a Washington Based City, County, or other Municipality, Conservation District, Land Trust, Tribe, or other public entity, please fill out the survey linked below to help us this team refine their recommendations to Ecology and gather future demand for this program.
The goal of this effort is to design a loan fund that is easily accessible for Community Forest Efforts, and other watershed-based conservation efforts. An overview of this project and summary materials are linked below.
In October of 2024, members of the Watershed Conservation Fund Team came together and hosted two presentations and discussions with the Community Forest Coalition Membership. You can view both meetings below.