“Everyone has a seat at the SLS table.”
- Terry Williams, Tulalip Tribes
news and updates
Welcome to the practical side of the Sustainable Lands Strategy of Snohomish County (SLS). On this website, you’ll find the upcoming meetings, previous work and stories, as well as a little history. If you would like to keep up with our the happenings of the Sustainable Lands Strategy of Snohomish County, please sign up for emails on the Subscribe page.
meetings and Events
New Website
On the new site you will find a new short video that you can share with others to explain why SLS was created, listen to stories told by SLS participants, interact with a map of SLS-supported projects, and read about the history of the landscape. Visit FarmFishFlood.org.
Highlighted projects
While the Sustainable Lands Strategy (SLS) does not sponsor projects, committee members and partners use the support of the forum to get funding for projects and bring interested parties together to complete them. Below are examples of some of the most recent projects SLS has had the honor of working with.
Tales of Two Rivers
Twelve participants gathered virtually to learn how to craft a story and create their own videos. The resulting stories range from 2-5 minutes that encapsulate what it means to be a farmer, watch the decline of native fish, and live in a floodplain.
Agricultural resilience plan
To be resilient means to withstand changes or difficulties. This is something farmers are accustomed to, but climate change brings new challenges as we experience increased temperatures, drought, and high-intensity rainfall events.
Reach Scale Planning
The purpose of the reach-scale planning effort is to identify a coordinated set of multi-benefit projects that will, when completed, improve natural functions within a river reach while generating a net gain for the farm, fish, and flood management interests.