Application Forms & Guidelines

Project Consideration

Step 1 - Apply

Application made by a municipality, park district, tribe, or non-profit. Application cycle opens in odd-numbered years.

Step 2 - Review

Review by Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), to determine eligibility of projects.

Step 3 - Recommend

Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) thoroughly reviews projects to recommend selection, ranking, and protections to be put in place.

Step 4 - Resolve

County Council takes public action on CAB/TAC recommendations. This determines the final ranking order and the terms of acquisition.

Step 5 - Act

Projects are submitted in the budget according to ranking order and revenue available for the application cycle.

Step 6 - Purchase

Properties are acquired for future conservation and public benefit.

Application Forms - Conservation Futures

Applications


Application packets will be available for the next Conservation Futures grant cycle in 2019. Completed applications together with all the attachments, must be submitted to Pierce County Parks and Recreation located in the Lakewood Community Center. 

Applications are reviewed and ranked in accordance with the Pierce County Conservation Futures program, Pierce County Code Chapters 2.96 and 2.97. Applications that are not complete or do not include all the necessary attachments cannot be processed and will be returned.

Guidelines


To learn more about implementation of the Conservation Futures Program, please refer to the Administrative Guidelines.

Workshops


Application workshops will be held during a grant cycle at the Lakewood Community Center. Applicants are required to attend an application workshop. 

2019 Application Timeline

Date Application Process
March 4 Application Available
March 11-12
 Application Workshops 2-4 p.m.
April 8 by 4:30 p.m.
 Application Submission Deadline
April 18 & May 2

 Application Review and Evaluation by Technical Advisory Committee
May 16, 23, 30 and 
June 6 & 13 (if needed)		 Application Presentation and Scoring by Citizens' Advisory Board
August Conservation Futures Property Resolution passed by Council
January 2020 Purchasing Process Begins
Contact Us

Kimberly Freeman
Superintendent of Resource Stewardship

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