Forterra NW

Join us for our 2024 Fall Fundraiser at the stunning Intellectual House on the University of Washington campus, featuring special guest Swil Kanim.

The fundraising event is Friday, Sept. 27, from 5:30 pm to 7 p.m. Tickets are $100.

Come support Forterra in our drive to connect people and place as we steward our landscapes into 2025. Swil Kanim of the Lummi Nation, classical violinist, poet, and veteran, will inspire us all through music and the tradition of storytelling.

Like the Forterra Nature Discovery™ events, where we invite everyone to experience nature in a variety of ways (interpretation, meditation and wildlife photography), Swil Kanim bridges nature and our lives through music, conversation and poems. It is a reverent journey, a gift, that holds us to this beautiful ground that we call home and inspires us all to be good stewards.

Buy Tickets / link in bio >>>

Event Details
“An Evening of Well-Being with the Tree” with Swil Kanim

Date:
5:30 pm to 7 pm, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024

Location:
wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ
Intellectual House
University of Washington campus

Ticket Details:
Cost is $100 to support Forterra, Land for Good™.
Ticket includes hors-d’oeuvres and refreshing drinks.

Once buried under years of trash and junk cars, Duwamish Hill Preserve is now full of big trees, native plants, winding accessible trails, and beautiful interpretive art that captures the rich tribal history of the Puget Sound Salish.

We’ve just conserved a new addition to this urban treasure.

Grateful for the tireless restoration work by community volunteers and for our 20-year partnership with the City of Tukwila.

Link to Press Release in bio.

Join us for Forterra Friday at Patterson Creek Preserve.

On Friday, August 16 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM, we will be removing non-native invasive species like Himalayan blackberry to create space for native shrubs and trees that will support the local wildlife.

Patterson Creek is a special site to Forterra and is a great spot to learn about ecological restoration and what Forterra does as an unconventional land trust.

LINK IN BIO

You can sign up and learn more here:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=hSJbrAwMkUafvjsvPggOQ1Untd-_L4JOkGImpzmaJaBUNkdJTVpGTkFMS04yTTMxTkkyRDBSOUtVQi4u

In October, November, and December we will continue to host events at Patterson Creek.

Our Summer Saturdays walk at Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve was a perfect, hot day to be underneath the shady canopy of giant maples and 100-year-old fir trees.

Naturalist and professional interpreter Gary Mozel (above, in the green vest) unveiled so many fascinating facts.

Did you know?

- Snags of old red alder trees provide habitat for migratory bats that can eat up to 500 mosquitos a night. Thank you, bats (you’re not so scary)!
- Second growth forests are the most carbon sequestering because of their fast growth.
- Western tanagers, intensely yellow with a bright orange head, make their yearly visit from Central America to feast on insects. We were fortunate enough to spot one.
- We also learned that beavers, while creating dams and large pools of deeper wetlands, encourage growth of native species of plants (Douglas spirea and cattails) and push out the invasive canary grass.

Two very special guests attended our morning walk: Ann and Fred Weinmann. They launched the preservation of Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve by recognizing and advocating for its special contribution to the Sammamish watershed. This led to Forterra and partners protecting this marshy gem.

Thank you to all who attended our Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve walks. We have more great events coming soon! See Link in Bio for more events.

While we enjoy getting outside for Forterra Nature Discovery Program™ Summer Saturdays, here’s our first Fall Forays event to add to your calendar.

Join us on September 21 at Hazel Wolf Wetland Preserve for an afternoon of forest meditation and teachings with Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho of Clear Mountain Monastery.

The event is free. Register via Link in Bio.

Designed for everyone to experience, the 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm event will start with a brief introduction to the property followed by a sitting meditation, a talk and ending with a walking meditation.

The Buddha was born under a tree, attained Enlightenment under a tree, lived and practiced under trees, and passed away under a tree. From those earliest days through the entire course of Buddhist history native forests and wilderness preserves played a vital part in nurturing the spiritual lives of sincere and ardent practitioners intent on understanding the truth of “the way things are.”

One of the highest-quality wetlands in the Greater Seattle Area, Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve is a wonderland of ponds, marshes and forests stewarded and protected by Forterra.

Let’s see what we can learn from sitting together there!

Forterra’s Board of Directors has unanimously endorsed joining an unprecedented statewide coalition of more than 200 organizations to defeat Initiative 2117 – the November election ballot measure that would repeal Washington’s Climate Commitment Act.

Opposing the repeal of this landmark law aligns with Forterra’s mission to innovate and scale land-based solutions to address the climate crisis and support equitable, green and prosperous communities for all. Critical funding for conservation is at risk.

If the repeal passes, Initiative 2117 would slash billions of dollars from vital community investments, shifting the costs of carbon pollution onto families and communities.

We can’t afford it.

Join us on Forterra Friday, July 19 from 10 AM to 1 PM for a rewarding day of removing invasive species like Himalayan blackberry and English ivy.

Enjoy time outside and clear the way for native plants to thrive!

To sign up:
>>> visit https://forms.office.com/r/kZ0KzSCjmJ
>>> email [email protected]

Interested but can’t make it? Forterra hosts restoration events every third Friday of the month. Email [email protected] for future opportunities too.

Discover the connection between wellbeing and nature through music and storytelling from master violinist and poet Swil Kanim, Lummi Nation.

Join us Friday, September 27 for “An Evening of Wellbeing with The Tree.” Journey between past, present and future as we consider our relationship to this beautiful Pacific land and water that surrounds us. The story begins with – the Tree.

Tickets are $100 per person. The event will be held at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House on the University of Washington campus.

Your attendance at our Fall Fundraiser supports ongoing efforts to steward our Pacific Northwest home in a way that honors everyone and all living things. That’s Land for Good – people and nature thriving together in a place where everyone belongs.

Get Your Tickets >>> LINK IN BIO

Event Details
- Date - Friday, September 27, 2024
- Time - 5:30 p.m. to 7 pm
- Location - wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House, University of Washington campus
- Map - 4249 Whitman Court, Seattle, WA 98195
- Food - heavy hors-d’oeuvres and refreshing drinks
- Tickets - $100 per person.

From Forterra to the LGBTQIA2S+ world, thank you for being brave, bold and true. We support you and the vision of a beautiful landscape where everyone belongs.

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We reflect on the history of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and celebrate all their accomplishments. As we face the future, Forterra will always be there to support, encourage and include everyone in a world where we all belong – thriving together.

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While recognizing the history of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, we celebrate all their accomplishments this month. As we face the future, Forterra will always be there to support, encourage and include everyone in a world where we all belong – thriving together.

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What a beautiful day in nature we had!

Saturday launched Forterra’s Nature Discovery Program where more than 25 of us strolled quietly through the 90-acre Morse Wildlife Preserve.

We searched for and spotted goldfinches, bluebirds, violet-green & tree swallows, western tanagers and swainson’s thrush and so many more. We learned that many of these birds arrived recently from central Mexico to spend the summer here before heading back again.

Naturalist Gary Mozel fascinated us with so many other insightful details here are just a few:
- The leaves of the tiny, white flowering miner’s lettuce (winter purslane) were tasted by some and described as similar to cilantro.
- Thatcher ants, whose nests measure about a foot high and two feet wide, distribute flower seeds all over the prairie.
- We measured a Garry oak and calculated its age to be around 250 years.

We saw blooming violet lupin and camas that had gone to seed and evidence of the black tailed deer and elk that snack on them.

Thank you, Gary, for engaging us with the interconnectedness of nature’s community and our community.

Everyone seemed so energized and delighted from engaging with nature for a couple of hours.

Forterra recognizes how getting outside to enjoy these thriving landscapes benefits our sense of wellbeing. It’s why we plan to offer similar outings year-round.

We’d love your help – to support Forterra’s Nature Discovery Program and other projects. From improving climate resiliency to taking care of our personal wellness, Forterra embraces Land for Good where people and nature thrive together.












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UPCOMING SUMMER SATURDAY EVENTS
Saturday, July 20, 2024
2 pm to 4 pm
Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve

Saturday, August 24
11 am to 1 pm
Arrowhead Point (Saint Edward State Park)

Saturday, August 24
2 pm to 4 pm
Arrowhead Point (Saint Edward State Park)

We’d love to thank for including us in their recent Week of Service.

In all, 34 people from McKinstry joined us at Crystal Springs Park, where we mulched existing plants to help with water retention for this summer, then removed invasive blackberry, ivy, bluebells, and horse chestnut.

If you’d like to have your organization join us for a day of service, contact us at [email protected].

We’d love to thank for including us in their recent Week of Service. In all, 34 people from McKinstry joined us at Crystal Springs Park, where we mulched existing plants to help with water retention for this summer, then removed invasive blackberry, ivy, bluebells, and horse chestnut.
If you’d like to have your organization join us for a day of service, contact us at [email protected].

Join us for a free interpretive walk on June 1 at Morse Wildlife Preserve, as we take in the lush prairie landscape and watch for the beautiful and rare Western Bluebird.

Morse Wildlife Preserve is the first of Forterra properties to offer free walking tours through Summer Saturdays, a Forterra Nature Program. These tours will be led by Gary Mozel, an experienced interpretive planner and naturalist.

Tours will also be July 20 at Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve, and August 24 at Arrowhead Point.

At Morse, birders will get to search among all varieties of swallows, warblers and sparrows to catch a glimpse of the Western Bluebird, (warmly referred to by some as “the sweetheart of the Morse”). This rare thrush is marked by its deep, shiny blue and orange-rust vest.

The prairie and Garry oak savanna found at Morse provide the right conditions for the bird’s feeding habits. Mostly, they like to forage for insects among the grass and camas and take in fruit and berries later in the year.

Come learn what is special about each of the landscapes that are under Forterra’s care and the story of how they became protected for everyone to enjoy. Bring your camera, binoculars, friends and family!

SUMMER SATURDAYS SCHEDULE
Saturday, June 1, 2024 11 am to 1 pm, Morse Wildlife Preserve (Sold out)

Saturday, June 1, 2024 2 pm to 4 pm, Morse Wildlife Preserve

Saturday, July 20, 2024 11 am to 1 pm, Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve

Saturday, August 24 11 am to 1 pm, Arrowhead Point (Saint Edward State Park)

Link in bio for more info and to register.

Want to make a BIG difference for climate change in the place you call home? Here is your opportunity for action.

Climate change is no longer an abstract problem, but a long-term crisis with real and present consequences for the PNW. How do we face this global challenge that can feel so overwhelming? With hope and action.

Forterra has conserved 275,000 acres of at risk lands – wild lands and working lands, urban and rural places. And we’re far from done. When you support our ongoing conservation of living lands, you invest in your community and improve climate change resiliency.

Donate today and double your impact. Thanks to other generous donors, the first $20K in donations will be matched dollar for dollar.

Check out the “WaGives” link in our bio to learn more and donate.

What do you love most about your landscapes in the Pacific NW?

Forterra has conserved 275,000 acres of at-risk wild lands and working lands in urban and rural settings.

Your support goes beyond ongoing preservation to include an actionable point to push against the effects of climate change.

Make a BIG difference for climate change in the place you call home.

Here is your opportunity for action. Climate change is no longer an abstract problem, but a long-term crisis with real and present consequences for the Pacific Northwest.

How do we face this global challenge that can feel so overwhelming? With hope and local action. 
Your generous donation supports Forterra in making an impact with climate change while protecting our living lands.

In 35 years, Forterra has conserved more than 275,000 acres of land at risk wild lands and working lands in urban and rural settings.

Give Early. Donate now. Double your impact. Your donation today will be matched up to $20,000.

LINK IN BIO

Forterra mourns the recent death of Jeffrey Veregge, 50, a Washington State artist and writer whose creations represented the traditions of his Suquamish and Duwamish Tribal ancestry. Jeffrey passed April 12 of a heart attack.

A few years ago, Forterra commissioned artwork by Jeffrey to represent our Port Gamble Forest Project. Jeffrey created the image in our post - a beautiful portrayal of past, present, human, and extractive relationships with the world.

Born into the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe near Kingston, Kitsap County, Veregge was perhaps best known for his use of form-line design with pop culture inspiration that his fans dub “Salish Geek”.

You can see more of Jeffrey’s work at jeffreyveregge.com

What do you love most about your landscapes in the Pacific NW?

Forterra has conserved 275,000 acres of at-risk wild lands and working lands in urban and rural settings.

Your support goes beyond ongoing preservation to include an actionable point to push against the effects of climate change.

Make a BIG difference for climate change in the place you call home.

Here is your opportunity for action. Climate change is no longer an abstract problem, but a long-term crisis with real and present consequences for the Pacific Northwest.

How do we face this global challenge that can feel so overwhelming? With hope and local action. 
Your generous donation supports Forterra in making an impact with climate change while protecting our living lands.

In 35 years, Forterra has conserved more than 275,000 acres of land at risk wild lands and working lands in urban and rural settings.

Give Early. Donate now. Double your impact. Your donation today will be matched up to $20,000.

LINK IN BIO

Join us for Summer Saturdays, a Forterra Nature Discovery program.

Starting this June, we’ll dig deep into rich wetlands, forest or savanna and discover the diversity and interdependence of plants and wildlife through what we see and hear.

Join us for free walking tours on June 1 at Morse Wildlife Preserve, July 20 at Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve, and August 24 at Arrowhead Point.

Link in bio for more info and to register.

Each tour will be led by Gary Mozel, an interpretive planner and naturalist.

Gary has been a naturalist for over 50 years and has worked for the Washington State Parks, the National Park Service, various Audubon Societies, Smithsonian Associates and Woodland Park Zoo. He has led nature walks, and tours in such far-flung places as the Olympic Mountains, coastal Alaska, eastern Oregon, tropical Australia and southern Kenya.

More than just a walk in the woods, Gary will unveil nature’s hidden inhabitants by showing us what to hear and look for. Which of the hundreds of birds are year-round residents and who is just passing through.

Come learn what is special about each of the landscapes that are under Forterra’s care and the story of how they became protected for everyone to enjoy. Bring your camera, binoculars, friends and family!

SUMMER SATURDAYS SCHEDULE
Saturday, June 1, 2024 11 am to 1 pm, Morse Wildlife Preserve

Saturday, July 20, 2024 11 am to 1 pm, Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve

Saturday, August 24 11 am to 1 pm, Arrowhead Point (Saint Edward State Park)

Link in bio for more info and to register.

Happy Earth Day!

Today, in celebration of Earth Day 2024, here’s a few ways we can work together to make an impact.

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🌍 Did you know? Since 2010, Forterra has planted 63,371 trees in over 162 locations! 🌿 Forterra is committed to land conservation and habitat restoration. By preserving forests and our Evergreen Restoration program, we are actively absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Join us in reducing your carbon footprint to make a difference! 💚

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Forterra’s work in land conservation preserves and restores watersheds, wetlands, and critical habitat that act as nature’s filters, cleaning up water as it moves through it, and regulating water flow. Together, let us ensure a sustainable future by maintaining water quality and quantity for generations to come. 💙

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💚 Join Forterra in going green! ♻️ From preventing illegal dumping to tree planting events, we are committed to a cleaner, greener environment. By repurposing, recycling, and reducing waste, we are protecting the planet and cutting down on pollution. Let us keep our communities clean and eco-friendly together! 🌎 🌿

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🌿 Forterra is dedicated to acquiring and managing green spaces to extend wildlife corridors, providing vital habitats for diverse wildlife, and supporting biodiversity. Join us in protecting ecosystems this ! 🌍

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🌳 At Forterra, we are all about empowering communities and promoting local sustainability through programs like the Evergreen Restoration Program and Community Restoration Grants. Support local efforts to stimulate the economy and preserve farmland for future generations! 💪

Our work on this Earth Day wouldn’t be possible without the ongoing support from you. Support Forterra’s mission by making a gift. See link in bio.

Arbor Day is an opportunity to celebrate the importance of keeping Washington’s forests healthy and resilient.

In addition to sequestering carbon, healthy local forests provide many other environmental and health benefits as such as improving air quality, reducing soil erosion and water pollution, cooling cities and dampening noise pollution, recharging groundwater and sustaining stream flows, providing native wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation, and reducing stormwater impacts.

The Pacific Northwest has felt the acute effects of climate change for the last several years. We recognize now that even with urgent action, the impacts of climate change will continue to be felt.

We believe in direct, local action - and we invite you to join us.

Forterra’s Evergreen Restoration Program provides organizations and individuals with a local option to help address climate change through native tree planting. Forterra plants and maintains trees for carbon sequestration in cities and rural lands throughout Western Washington.

Since 2010, Forterra has partnered with other organizations to plant 63,371 trees in more than 162 locations. Based on the CUFR TREE Carbon Calculator, these trees will sequester more than 316,855 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) over their lifetimes.

In 2023 alone, our program supported local forest restoration by planting 2,278 native evergreen trees to offset carbon emissions.

See our link in bio for more information – and to see how you can help.

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Wow, what a night!
Michael Bennett’s talk on Thursday evening was so engaging and moving. Our “Designing Community” event was a huge success because of YOU!
Your support for Forterra’s mission and operations will have an incredible impact on our ability to preserve and protect the sacred places we love in the Pacific Northwest.
As Michael said ... “Sacred places are where people find solace - and they can be anywhere.”
Today, in our 35th year, we are building on those successes and we appreciate your support as we continue our work to protecting our most sacred spaces during our next 35 years.
We are excited to share that the event raised: $109,000 (and still counting)
You are the catalyst for every amazing impact yet to come. It’s your support that makes Forterra’s work possible.
Thank you so much for being a part of this incredible community and for continuing to generously support Forterra.
- from everyone at Forterra

A few tickets remain to “Designing Community” with Michael Bennett, headlined by the former Seattle Seahawk turned aspiring architect and multi-disciplinary designer.

The dinner event is Thursday. It’s our Spring Fundraiser. Your attendance and generosity will have an incredible impact on Forterra’s continued ability to preserve the natural places we love in the Pacific NW.

Today, in our 35th year, we are building on those successes and we need your continued support.

Link in bio

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Our March 21st Spring Fundraiser, Designing Community with Michael Bennett, is fast approaching.

We’re so excited to hear from Michael, former football star turned aspiring architect and multi-disciplinary designer. It’s shaping up to be a great event. Tickets are $250 for the evening.

We have several new and fun details to share.

We’ve added a unique experience to the Spring Fundraiser, a Premier Happy Hour and Photo with Michael Bennett. This will occur prior to dinner and the main event – 5 to 6 p.m. – for $100 per person. (If you’ve already purchased main event tickets, it’s not too late to add this happy hour experience to your evening.)

Attendees of the dinner will have an opportunity to win two round-trip tickets anywhere that Alaska Airlines flies, as well as two lower-bowl tickets to a Seattle Seahawks game. (You must purchase a ticket to the event to have an opportunity to win. Must be present at the March 21st Spring Fundraiser to win.)

We are only 2 weeks away – so now is the moment. Please buy your tickets today so you don’t miss out.

We look forward to seeing you there!

See link in bio

Join us on March 21 for a fundraising dinner and a special evening on “Designing Community” with Michael Bennett – yes, that Michael Bennett, former Seattle Seahawk turned aspiring architect and multi-disciplinary designer.

We are only 2 weeks away – tickets are going fast. Please join us!

We are so excited for “Designing Community” with Michael Bennett, who is headlining our March 21 Spring Fundraiser. Tickets are now available.

Bennett, a former Seattle Seahawk who retired in 2020, is today an aspiring architect, multi-media designer, and founder of Studio Kër.

To be clear, we’re more than a little giddy about Michael joining us.

We have much so in common, including our passion for the environment and community.

See link in bio

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Exciting News! Round 3 of Forterra’s Community Restoration Grants is now open! 🌿

Apply via the link in bio!

The third round of the Community Restoration Grant program will remain open from March 1st to March 31st.

This grant is open to a diverse range of applicants, including individuals, nonprofits, schools, Tribal governments, community-based organizations, and more. Let’s work together to create a greener, healthier future! 🌏🌷

We’re excited that Michael Bennett will be joining us for Designing Community at our Spring Fundraiser on March 21. Tickets are now on sale.

The longtime Seahawk retired in 2020, yet remains one the most unique personalities in Seattle sports. Bennett is now an architect, multi-media designer, and founder of Studio Kër. He continues to make an impact off the field.

We have much in common, including our passion for the environment and community.

We invite you to join Forterra at this important conversation on March 21st with Michael Bennett.

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