Upper Bear Creek Conservation Area
Description:
This 94 acre aquatic land acquisition establishes a key linkage in the Upper Bear Creek Conservation Area (UBCCA). The UBCCA, covering over 460 acres and 1.5 stream miles, was identified in the County's Waterways 2000 Report as providing the most diverse and undisturbed habitat in the Bear Creek system. The property targeted for acquisition in this proposal lies near the center of this ecologically important Bear Creek stream reach. The salmonid species benefiting from the linkage formed by this acquisition include chinook, coho, sockeye, steelhead, cutthroat, and kokanee. The property also provides valuable opportunities for UW research as well as environmental education partnerships with the adjacent Timbercrest Jr. High School. The primary Waterways goals for the UBCCA are to protect salmon runs and riverine habitat systems, encourage participation of property owners, and to foster stewardship through citizen and government partnerships, and environmental education. King County has been very successful in working with property owners in the UBCCA, with over an 80% participation rate. This cooperative relationship has resulted in the purchase in fee of 120 acres, purchase of an additional 52 acres of conservation easements, and enrollment of over 200 acres in property tax reduction programs that retain conservation areas and rural land uses.
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Upper Bear Creek Conservation Area
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This 94 acre aquatic land acquisition establishes a key linkage in the Upper Bear Creek Conservation Area (UBCCA). The UBCCA, covering over 460 acres and 1.5 stream miles, was identified in the County's Waterways 2000 Report as providing the most diverse and undisturbed habitat in the Bear Creek system. The property targeted for acquisition in this proposal lies near the center of this ecologically important Bear Creek stream reach. The salmonid species benefiting from the linkage formed by this acquisition include chinook, coho, sockeye, steelhead, cutthroat, and kokanee. The property also provides valuable opportunities for UW research as well as environmental education partnerships with the adjacent Timbercrest Jr. High School. The primary Waterways goals for the UBCCA are to protect salmon runs and riverine habitat systems, encourage participation of property owners, and to foster stewardship through citizen and government partnerships, and environmental education. King County has been very successful in working with property owners in the UBCCA, with over an 80% participation rate. This cooperative relationship has resulted in the purchase in fee of 120 acres, purchase of an additional 52 acres of conservation easements, and enrollment of over 200 acres in property tax reduction programs that retain conservation areas and rural land uses.
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Take SR 522 east from I-405 to the NE 190th Street exit just north of the city of Woodinville. Turn right on NE 190th Street and travel east (190th becomes Woodinville Duvall Rd) on the Woodinville Duvall Rd for about 3 miles to Paradise Lake Rd NE (signaled intersection). Turn left on Paradise Lake Rd (north). Reach A is all properties on the right hand side (east) of Paradise Lake Rd up to the county boundary. Turn right on 204th Ave NE (Thomas Bros page 477, H4) and the property targeted in this aquisition is south and east of this private gravel road.
