Greenprint: King County, WA
The King County, WA, Greenprint was undertaken to address a series of conservation issues in the region: population increases, government mandates to reduce sprawl, the threat of climate change and threats to wildlife and endangered species in the area. The plan was developed as a comprehensive land conservation strategy to address all of these pressures and help direct limited resources toward the highest conservation priorities.
The Greenprint for King County was completed by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks and the Trust for Public Land to identify and priortize regionally significant acquisition and conservation priorities. Utilizing a geographic information system (GIS) model, data was collected and analyzed for six areas: ecological lands, farm, forest, flood protection, regional trails and shorelines. The result was a conservation vision that reflects the values of many communities of the Pacific Northwest: Ecological Health, Cultural and Economic Values, and Connectivity.
A term used for significant changes over an extended period of time in the Earth's natural environments. Climate change can be produced by natural processes (e.g. changes in the Earth's orbit) or by the impact of human behavior (e.g. deforestation). See GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.
