I have thoroughly investigated the two most relevant Island County tax relief programs for us: the Public Benefit Rating System / Rural Stewardship Program and the Open Space Timber Land Program. And the winner is … drum roll … The Open Space Timber Land Program! As part of...
If a landowner wants to formalize a commitment to preserving healthy ecosystem features plus get tax credits for doing so, then completion of an Island County Rural Stewardship Plan is the way to do that. This type of plan is integrated with Low Impact Development (LID) techniques and the Public...
Today I received the final signature page from the helpful DNR forester. So, it is now truly completed and ready to use with Island County and timber management programs. Yay Yippee Yahoo!!!
The National Wildlife Foundation's Backyard Wildlife Habitat program has helped many urban, suburban, and rural property owners think about how their own small part of the Earth can be a wildlife habitat and not just a yard for a house. It has been a fairly successful ongoing program, and acts as a...
Nice milestone this evening: I completed my Forest Stewardship Plan, the one that I started 6 months ago. Finally prioritized picking it back up again, and it feels good to be at this point. It's a healthy 26 page report, and I can say that going through the process of creating it was helpful on...
The Puget Sound LIDAR Consortium provides high resolution topographic data for land throughout Washington and especially the Puget Sound area. It is mostly of interest since it shows topographical...