In 'emergency acquisition,' 226 acres of Whidbey Island's farmland, forest saved
WHIDBEY ISLAND — Staff at the Whidbey Camano Land Trust knew they had to act quickly when a 226-acre beachfront property south of Coupeville came on the market last December.
From the water, boaters may have seen the red house, old windmill, and cattle grazing atop the bluffs. The property near Keystone is home to one of the oldest farms on Whidbey Island. It also features a large forest and long stretch of beach.
The site was at risk of being sold and developed into 22 high-end homes.
In late April, the land trust bought the property for $9.1 million, the most expensive purchase in the nonprofit’s nearly four-decade history. Conservation director Ryan Elting said an “emergency acquisition” was needed to protect the site’s 175 acres of forest and 3,500 feet of nearly pristine shoreline.
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when I arrived in my current area in 75, there were all kinds of wooded areas and large tracts of land for animal habitats. Now just filled with "plywood" palaces. The deer and bears are showing up more and more in places of human habitat like never before in my 50plus years here.
Well, subduing the earth is in one of the holy books of humans as a directive. Doing a damn good job, I will say
planet-wide even
