Documents - Chuckanut Community Forest Park District

Stewardship Plan FINAL 8/29/2022. This final version of the Stewardship Plan includes new appendices on invasive weeds, dogs, and recreation impacts. Also included are the minutes of the two July public hearings on the Draft Master Plan and Stewardship Plan with all public comments.

Stewardship Plan (Draft, June 30, 2022) This Stewardship Plan (Plan) has been developed to support the Chuckanut Community Forest Park District (CCFPD) mission to “ensure the entirety of the Chuckanut Community Forest (CCF), an 82-acre forested property, is protected in perpetuity in public ownership, with respect for its ecological, recreational, and educational functions.” It has been prepared to provide a framework for the protection, conservation, and restoration of the CCF that is intended to contribute to the City’s Park Master Planning process. On January 3, 2014, the City granted the CCFPD a conservation easement for the property and is currently in the process of updating it. This Stewardship Plan has also been prepared to support the development of this updated conservation easement, which will define the future use and management of the site.

The development of this Stewardship Plan built off the extensive scientific research and programmatic recommendations documented in the Chuckanut Community Forest Baseline Report prepared in 2017 by Ann Eissinger (Eissinger, 2017).

Baseline Documentation Report (Final) This baseline documentation report is the means by which the Chuckanut Community Forest Park District records the relevant conditions and conservation values of the property that is subject to the conservation easement. The baseline report serves as a supporting document to the conservation easement, and forms the basis for future monitoring and enforcement of the easement.

Restoration Priorities Resolution #16 — October 2020
The values of Chuckanut Community Forest (CCF) for conservation, ecological function, recreation, and education would be enhanced by diverse kinds of restoration. Some restoration needs pre-date transfer of CCF to public ownership, other needs correspond to increasing public use, and still other needs will coincide with implementation of a park master plan. Attached is a draft list of restoration needs to consider.