FORTERRA NW
PO BOX 4189, SEATTLE, WA 98194 www.forterra.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: AS AN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY, FORTERRA IS PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR LANDS, RETHINKING HOW WE WORK WITH COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP OUR CITIES AND TOWNS, AND MAKING OUR HOME A PLACE OF INCLUSION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION, WORKING ACROSS LANDSCAPES, COUNTY LINES, AND CITY LIMITS TO ADDRESS COMPLEX ISSUES RELATED TO GROWTH AND CONSERVATION: ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN CENTERS LEAVES SPACE FOR FARMS AND WILDLIFE. CONSERVING AN ALPINE LAKE MEANS A CLEANER PUGET SOUND. AND BUILDING AFFORDABLE URBAN HOMES WITH LOCAL SUSTAINABLE WOOD PRODUCTS BENEFITS RURAL TIMBER-BASED ECONOMIES.

TO ENHANCE, SUPPORT AND STEWARD THE REGION'S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES.

CONSERVATION: FORTERRA HAS CONSERVED OVER 250,000 ACRES OF LAND SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1989. FORTERRA ACTS QUICKLY TO ACQUIRE LANDS THAT HOST CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS OR SUPPORT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND CITY PARKS. AT ANY GIVEN TIME, WE ARE WORKING ON OVER A DOZEN CONSERVATION PROJECTS. SOME MOVE QUICKLY AND WE ARE PREPARED TO ACT DECISIVELY TO ENSURE COMMUNITY OR CONSERVATION ASSETS AREN'T LOST. OTHER EFFORTS HAVE TAKEN OVER A DECADE. SOME ARE GRAND, LIKE THE 50,000-ACRE TEANAWAY COMMUNITY FOREST, AND OTHERS, SUCH AS SLIVERS OF PUGET SOUND SHORELINE, WHILE SMALL, ADD UP TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH OF OUR REGION. THROUGH OUR NETWORK OF REGIONAL OFFICES, FORTERRA BRINGS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO CONVENE DISPARATE STAKEHOLDERS, LEVERAGE DIVERSE FUNDING SOURCES AND FIND SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT NOT ONLY OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BUT OUR COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMY AS WELL.

RESTORATION AND STEWARDSHIP: FORTERRA MANAGES NEARLY 17,000 ACRES OF FORTERRA-OWNED LAND AND EASEMENTS AND WE ARE RESTORING MORE THAN 13,000 ACRES OF FORESTED PUBLIC LAND AND 20 MILES OF RIVERFRONT ALONG SIX OF OUR REGION'S MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS AND STREAMS. OUR GREEN CITIES PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST INNOVATIVE MODELS OF COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP. WITH EACH OF OUR 15 PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES, WE DEVELOP A LONG-RANGE RESTORATION PLAN FOR PARKS AND FORESTS AND ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY-BASED VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM THAT TRAINS AND DEPLOYS THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC GREEN SPACES ACROSS WASHINGTON. AFTER 10 YEARS OUR RIPARIAN TEAM HAS REMOVED 98% OF THE KNOTWEED ALONG THE CEDAR RIVER AND IS AT WORK ON CAMPAIGNS ALONG FIVE OTHER WATERWAYS. AND WITH OUR EVERGREEN CARBON CAPTURE PROGRAM, COMPANIES CALCULATE AND OFFSET THEIR CARBON IMPRINT BY SUPPORTING FORTERRA'S TREE PLANTING EFFORTS.

POLICY: FORTERRA CONTINUES TO BE A LEADER IN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MARKET-BASED GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION TOOLS. TO DATE, FORTERRA HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN, ADOPTION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS (TDR) PROGRAMS AT THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS: 10 CITIES, 4 COUNTIES, AND 1 REGIONAL PROGRAM. SINCE 2009 THESE PROGRAMS HAVE TRANSFERRED DEVELOPMENT OFF MORE THAN 20,000 ACRES OF FARMS AND WORKING FORESTS, MOVING IT THROUGH INCENTIVES INTO OUR REGION'S CITIES. DEMONSTRATING USE OF THE TOOL, FORTERRA SOLD CREDITS WE OWN INTO A SNOHOMISH COUNTY PROJECT. TO SUPPORT GROWTH IN CITIES USING TDR, FORTERRA LED THE CREATION OF THE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION AND LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM (LCLIP), WHICH GIVES CITIES A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO PROTECT RESOURCE LANDS AND MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM IN SEATTLE WILL GENERATE OVER $27M IN NEW FUNDING FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. THIS FORTERRA-DESIGNED TOOL WAS RECOGNIZED BY A STATE AWARD IN 2015. IN 2016 FORTERRA PURSUED LCLIP USE IN AN ADDITIONAL 6 CITIES AROUND THE REGION. AMONG OTHER PLACES, FORTERRA WORKS IN SOUTH KING COUNTY TO ENGAGE CULTURALLY DIVERSE CONSTITUENTS IN PLANNING AND POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS IN TUKWILA, FEDERAL WAY, SEATAC AND KENT. FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY, HOUSING, FOOD ACCESS, AND URBAN GARDENING. FORTERRA RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF TUKWILA AND OTHERS TO DESIGN A COMMUNITY LIAISON PROGRAM IN 2012, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN 2013 THROUGH EQUITY AND DIVERSITY TRAININGS, COMMUNITY PLANNING TRAININGS, AND A PROJECT FOCUSED ON BRINGING NEW VOICES TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PROCESS. THIS PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT AWARD BY THE 2014 AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION AT THE WASHINGTON CHAPTER CONFERENCE. IN 2016, SIX COMMUNITY CONNECTORS REPRESENTING 4 DIVERSE COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATED IN A SERIES OF 3 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CITY TRAININGS, WORKING TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION REGARDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. ADDITIONALLY, FORTERRA WORKED WITH THE CITY OF SEATAC TO ENGAGE OVER 100 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN EXPANDING URBAN AGRICULTURE OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CREATION OF THE CITY'S FIRST COMMUNITY GARDEN. FORTERRA'S EVERGREEN CARBON CAPTURE (ECC) PROGRAM PROVIDES LOCAL COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN LOCAL TREE PLANTING PROJECTS TO MITIGATE THEIR CARBON EMISSIONS. THE PROGRAM WAS FIRST PILOTED IN 2010 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEARL JAM, AND FORMALLY LAUNCHED IN 2012. SINCE PILOTING THE PROGRAM IN 2010, ECC HAS PLANTED OVER 33,000 TREES TO MITIGATE 165,000 TONS OF CARBON. TREES ARE PLANTED ON FORTERRA STEWARDSHIP LANDS AS WELL AS ON PROTECTED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LAND ACTIVELY MANAGED BY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES. TO DATE, WE HAVE PLANTED TREES AT OVER 33 LOCATIONS AND WORKED WITH 36 COMPANIES. FORTERRA LEADS A BROAD COALITION FROM ACROSS THE STATE THAT IS WORKING TO CATALYZE A MARKET FOR THE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND USE OF ENGINEERED MASS TIMBER PRODUCTS LIKE CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER, WHICH OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOUSE WASHINGTON'S GROWING URBAN POPULATION AND BUSINESSES IN BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED FROM SUSTAINABLE, LOCALLY PRODUCED MATERIALS. MASS TIMBER IS A PROMISING BUILDING SYSTEM THAT OFFERS A VARIETY OF BENEFITS IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY TO LOWER THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION IN OUR CITIES, SUPPORT RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE WHEN SUSTAINABLY SOURCED. IN 2016, FORTERRA SECURED A $250,000 GRANT FROM THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE TO CONVENE A STATEWIDE COALITION. LED BY FORTERRA, THE COALITION SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED AND SECURED ALMOST $6 MILLION FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE TO BUILD CLT CLASSROOMS AS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PRODUCTION FACILITIES, AND FOR WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE RESEARCH TO THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT PERFORMANCE TEST RESULTS AND BUILDING CODE AMENDMENTS. FORTERRA LAUNCHED THE GREAT NORTHERN CORRIDOR - SKYKOMISH VALLEY TO SALISH SEA INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES AND LANDSCAPES ALONG HIGHWAY 2 FROM EVERETT TO STEVENS PASS. THIS REGIONAL, MULTI-LANDSCAPE INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LIVABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN CITIES AND TOWNS, PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE RECREATION, REDUCE SPRAWL, AND CONSERVE WILD AND WORKING RURAL LANDS. A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS INITIATIVE IS A WATER TRAIL THAT WILL CONNECT COMMUNITIES AND ENHANCE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE SKYKOMISH AND SNOHOMISH RIVERS, SPANNING 10 JURISDICTIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 2 FROM STEVENS PASS TO THE PUGET SOUND. FORTERRA IS A MEMBER OF A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COALITION LEADING THE EFFORT, AND FACILITATED TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH OVER 50 ATTENDEES TO IDENTIFY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WATER TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIGNAGE.

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