Overview

In 2004, 9 acres were approved for addition to the Quimper Wildlife Corridor - a conservation project initiated by the Jefferson Land Trust in 1997. The Corridor consists of a series of key forested and wetland parcel between the Middlepoint Land Conservancy easement and Fort Worden State Park that provide important wildlife habitat as well as storm water storage, filtration and treatment.

Also approved in 2004 was partial funding for 3.23 acres near the entrance to Port Townsend along Highway 20, known as the Gateway Project, through the cooperative efforts of Jefferson County, the City of Port Townsend, the Port Townsned Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Development Council, Jefferson Land Trust, Kevin Widell, owner of A-Plus Equipment Rental, and many local businessmen and private citizens.