Performance Measures
Land and Resource Conservation
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Water and Land Resources Division (WLRD)
Conservation of Natural Lands
About this measure: This measure is composed of two sub-measures to provide a status report on the effectiveness of land acquisition, stewardship and incentive programs administered by the Water and Land Resources Division.
The two sub-measures, their weights, and 2010 results are:
| 60% | 
New privately-owned rural acres* with stewardship plans or enrolled in incentive programs. This includes properties with farm, forest or rural stewardship plans and properties enrolled in the Public Benefit Rating System or Timber Land, Forest and Agriculturecurrent use taxation programs.
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| 40% |
New public and private rural acres in permanent conservation. This includes all land in public ownership, and privately-owned lands with conservation easements.
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*For all of these measures, rural acres refer to all rural and agriculture zoned land, including Vashon Island and excluding the Forest Production District. Stewardship and conservation programs for private land are designed to work in concert, thus a single property may have a combination of current use taxation, farm or forest plan and other conservation actions on the land over many years. For this measure properties are counted only once, in the first year of participation.
Influencing factors: Budget allocations, regulatory and policy changes, economic conditions and opportunity for acquisition all play a role in land conservation and acquisition activities. Implementing policy plans, such as the KC Comprehensive Plan, salmon restoration plans, flood hazard reduction plan, or the climate change adaptation plan, often identify or call for specific land acquisition and protection, outreach, and education toward improving stewardship and changing environmental behavior.
Strategy going forward: Continue to encourage stewardship and conservation on privately-owned lands through effective program delivery and strategic use of funds to acquire high priority lands that will protect environmental quality for future generations.
Rural acres in land management program
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Rural acres in conservation status
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Priority Greenprint acres acquired
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Technical Notes
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