Conservation Easement Tour

Since 1997 we have helped protect 67 properties with conservation easements. These easement agreements cover 5,646 acres and 18.3 miles of critical riparian shoreline habitat along the Methow, Twisp and Chewuch Rivers with a variety of special habitats or land use features. Below we have highlighted a few areas where easement properties are clumped on the landscape.

Winthrop to Mazama Area Easements 22 properties; 882 acres; 9.2 miles of riverfront Methow River riparian and aquatic habitat protection through riparian zone buffers agricultural land protection protecting land from threat of commercial development wildlife habitat protection scenic viewshed protection
Upper Rendezvous Area Easements 9 properties, 506 acres upland watershed protection through riparian zone buffers wildlife habitat protection sustainable forestry management To read a conservator story, click here.
Moccasin Lake Ranch 1 property; 1,400 acres shrub-steppe habitat protection wildlife habitat protection To read a conservator story, click here.
Middle Methow River: Between Winthrop and Twisp & between Highway 20 and the East County Rd 12 properties; 695 acres; along 4.92 miles of riverfront Methow River riparian and aquatic habitat protection through riparian zone buffers agricultural land protection wildlife habitat protection shrub-steppe habitat protection scenic viewshed protection To read a conservator story, click here.
Twisp River 12 properties; 657 acres; 4 miles of riverfront Twisp River riparian and aquatic habitat protection through riparian zone buffers shrub-steppe habitat protection wildlife habitat protection agricultural land protection