| From: larry.phillips@kingcounty.gov Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:46 AM To: jen@prkc.org Subject: Raging River update Dear Ms. Harrison-Cox, Thank you for your testimony in favor of acquiring and protecting a key piece of working forest at the headwaters of the Raging River in perpetuity. Today I share the great news that on May 4, 2009 the Metropolitan King County Council unanimously adopted legislation appropriating $3.7 million in King County funding to support a State effort to acquire and protect approximately 7,000 acres in the upper Raging River watershed, located in unincorporated King County near the junction of Tiger Mountain, Taylor Mountain, and Rattlesnake Ridge. I was honored to sponsor the legislation and vote in support. The property includes more than four miles of important spawning and rearing habitat for salmon and steelhead, and is the largest unprotected stretch remaining in King County's portion of the Mountains to Sound Greenway. Preserving this working forestland in perpetuity ensures that our iconic evergreens will remain part of the Cascade foothills landscape for all generations to come. Having these 7,000 acres protected means that the people of King County will always have this land for hiking, protecting water quality, absorbing greenhouse gases, and harvesting timber. It is an amazing legacy to leave for our children and grandchildren. Thank you for joining me in celebrating this victory for our local environment, and for the important work you do every single day. Sincerely, Larry Phillips, Councilmember
------------- Acquisition of 7000 Acres of Raging Forest
Mountains to Sound Greenway, King County Executive Ron Sims and new Public
Lands Commissioner have a plan that would preserve 7,000 acres and add it to
a corridor of public land stretching along Interstate 90 from Bellevue to
the east side of the Cascades. Metropolitan King County Councilmembers
Reagan Dunn and Larry Phillips announced they are co-sponsoring County
Executive Sims' proposal to appropriate $3.7 million to help DNR complete
the deal. Email Councilmembers and the King County Executive to request that move quickly to ensure the Raging Forest is preserved for future generations. CLICK HERE to email Councilmembers. Click HERE to return to the main News page.
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