This project seeks to fund the chelan douglas land trust to support staff time and costs of transactions involved in purchasing 3 agricultural land easements to protect 10,000 acres of sage grouse…

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust $186,000 under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) on September 30, 2022. The funding will support staff time and transaction costs for the Land Trust to purchase three agricultural land easements protecting 10,000 acres of sage grouse habitat on Badger Mountain in Douglas County, Washington through September 30, 2027. The project aims to conserve priority sage grouse conservation areas experiencing solar development interest while balancing renewable energy development and species protection in the location of the proposed Badger Mountain Solar Project.

This project seeks to fund the chelan douglas land trust to support staff time and costs of transactions involved in purchasing 3 agricultural land easements to protect 10,000 acres of sage grouse habitat on badger mountain in douglas county, washington this area of douglas county lies within a priority conservation area for the sage grouse and has experienced recent solar development interest while all the partners associated with this proposal recognize the importance of renewable energy development the location of a proposed solar development badger mountain solar project bmsp and the implications for its approval relative to other areas of badger mountain are of great concern to the conservation of washington s sage grouse population