DESCRIPTION
This project proposes to acquire a conservation easement on a 5-acre property on the east side of the Little Mashel River, near the confluence of the Little Mashel with the Mashel River and adjoining the Mashel Eatonville Restoration Phase III project. The northeast corner of this property also touches the Mashel River shoreline upstream of the confluence. This property includes approximately 700 feet of shoreline along the Little Mashel and is adjacent to land owned and managed by the Nisqually Land Trust and the Town of Eatonville. The goal of the project is to acquire development rights on the property to prevent further residential development. The property currently has one home and several outbuildings but is zoned for up to 20 homes.
Project has been terminated; landowner decided he did not want to grant a conservation easement on his property.
The Nisqually Land Trust proposed to acquire a conservation easement on a 5-acre property on the east side of the Little Mashel River, near the confluence of the Little Mashel with the Mashel River and adjoining the Mashel Eatonville Restoration Phase III project. The northeast corner of this property also touched the Mashel River shoreline upstream of the confluence. This property included approximately 700 feet of shoreline and Chinook salmon habitat along the Little Mashel and is adjacent to land owned and managed by the Nisqually Land Trust and the Town of Eatonville.
Both the Nisqually Chinook Salmon Recovery Plan and the Nisqually Steelhead Recovery Plan rank Lower Mashel Reach A and B as high-priority for salmon recovery. The target property currently has one home and several outbuildings but is zoned for up to 20 homes.