Forterra

Mission

Forterra innovates and scales land-based solutions to address the climate crisis and support equitable, green and prosperous communities.

Description

Forterra is an unconventional land trust that works across Washington’s communities and landscapes, from the ranches and shrub-steppe of eastern and central Washington to the estuaries, farms, and forests of Washington’s coast, reaching more than 100 counties, cities, towns, and rural communities. 

For 36 years, we’ve innovated and scaled land-based solutions to address the climate crisis, conserve and care for wild and working lands, and support equitable, green and prosperous communities.

Forterra envisions people and nature thriving together in places where everyone belongs.

How we use our land creates our future. From local food at the farmer’s market, parks and urban forests to affordable housing in vibrant communities, recreation opportunities and working farms and forests – it all comes back to the land. Here's how we do it:

1. Land conservation and stewardship: Forterra protects threatened natural resources, habitat and recreational land, and has conserved more than 275,000 acres of community, habitat and recreational land to date. Our innovative, landscape-scale approach ensures the protection of critical conservation and community assets — aiming to protect natural resources, grow within our existing footprint, support overburdened communities and respond to the climate crisis.
2. Policy and community programming: Forterra’s innovative and pragmatic approach to the challenges of climate change, social equity and population growth in Washington offers a scalable template for communities across the nation. We apply a breadth of technical skills to tackle problems we are uniquely equipped to solve. Forterra’s innovative, comprehensive and leveraged approach advances innovative work and brings it to scale.
3. Community real estate: Forterra not only conserves natural spaces and working lands, but also invests in places where people live. We listen and work in collaboration with community in a comprehensive effort to build sustainable solutions to the acute housing shortage in our region.

Act now at forterra.org.