Pending Projects
Pending projects have been approved for inclusion in the Land Bank budget and have not been completed.

Preserves

San Juan Island
Mount Ben Preserve II
This property is located on Mt. Dallas and is adjacent to Mount Ben Preserve. The property consists of approximately 12.65 acres of undeveloped forestland and open meadows. It is currently owned by the SJ Preservation Trust. The Land Bank would like to acquire the fee interest in this property from the Trust to protect its outstanding views, forest and meadow habitats, and opportunities for public access. The Trust would retain a conservation easement interest.

Conservation Easements

Lopez Island
Buffum/Kjargaard Farm Conservation Easement
This property has a long history of agricultural use. The property was homesteaded by Joseph Burt in 1871. Otto Kjargaard owned and ran the farm from 1944 to 2006. It has now passed to the Buffum brothers, another Island farming family. The Buffum’s graze cattle on the land may plant cereal crops in the future. The open fields of the property are highly visible from both Fisherman Bay and Dill Roads and serve as a visual gateway to Center Valley, one of the prime farming areas of Lopez Island.

see also Conservation Easements
see also Preserves