Executive Constantine announces $107 million to protect 3,000 acres throughout King County for climate resilience, greenspace expansion, habitat restoration, and farmland access.
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Historically, SE King County is underrepresented in King County investments in parks and open space as compared to other areas of the county, in particular N and NE King County. This has been a long-standing sore spot, as both Seattle and KC have had no problem in bringing bad projects (gravel pits, landfills and hazardous waste sites for example) to SE King County, but been slow to open the purse strings on the benefits.
There was a previous, though still fairly recent purchase at Jenkins Creek Park in Covington with the inclusion of parking, a new trail connection in the park, and creek access point. Construction there is supposed to wrap up soon. There is also the purchase of around 60-70 acres that would include Soos Creek, Little Soos Creek and part of the headwaters of a tributary of Jenkins Creek near Shadow Lake.
Conservation Futures Funded Property Interests
