2022-2026 ACTION AGENDA EXPLORER
Support the long-term viability and sustainability of agricultural lands and working forests to reduce pressure for conversion from the current use to a more developed use. (ID #4)
Key opportunities for 2022-2026 include:
Support the expansion of market mechanisms to increase long-term viability and reduce conversion pressure for working lands. (ID #194)
Key opportunities for 2022-2026 include:
Key opportunities for 2022-2026 to integrate human wellbeing considerations and climate change responses into efforts include:
Human Wellbeing
Climate Change
Ongoing programs provide regulatory oversight, technical support, implementation resources, funding, or guidance and serve as the critical foundation for Puget Sound recovery. The following is a list of example state and federal ongoing programs that help to implement this strategy. Many more local, tribal nations, and nongovernmental programs exist that support this strategy.
We are achieving our recovery goals of increasing functioning habitat and improving water quality in the Puget Sound region by preventing conversion of working lands to residential or commercial development (for example, improving the rate of loss), increasing water infiltration and holding capacity of upland areas, and advancing innovative techniques in natural resource industries that promote a healthy environment along with industry growth. Working lands are intact and thriving, and access and enrollment to protection mechanisms are increasing. Indicators of success include:
This indicator measures the acres of farmland converted to a non-agricultural use. Farmlands can provide wildlife habitat, reduce air pollution, and mitigate the spread of urban heat islands while providing quality, locally sourced foods. Identifying where, when, and why farmland conversion has happened can help support the development of more effective policies and plans to protect farmland.
This indicator measures the acres of farmland permanently protected from development through agricultural and conservation easements. Farmlands can provide wildlife habitat, reduce air pollution, and mitigate the spread of urban heat islands while providing quality, locally sourced foods. Protecting working farmlands supports the long-term viability of working farmlands. Conservation easements do not increase the acres of farmland in production nor guarantee that land will stay in production in perpetuity but protect the land from conversion to more intense uses.
Acres of private forestlands protected by conservation easements
No reported data available