Fox-Dobbs Preserve

Conserved in 2020

Property Overview:

• The Fox-Dobbs Preserve is 15 acres on Eld Inlet, including 650 feet of unmodified shoreline and about 10 acres of wetlands.
• This preserve is adjacent to McLane Point Preserve, which is adjacent to Triple Creek Farm Conservation Easement. Together, these three conserved properties cover 243 acres and 4.5 miles of shoreline.
• The site provides intact habitat for five salmonid species: Eld Inlet fall chum; Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia coho; Puget Sound fall chinook; native Puget Sound winter steelhead; and anadromous coastal cutthroat trout.

Thank you to the following partners:

• Russ Fox
• Steamboat Conservation Partnership
• Squaxin Island Tribe
• Thurston County
• United States Fish & Wildlife Service
• United States Environmental Protection Agency
• Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Washington Recreation and Conservation Office – Salmon Recovery Funding Board
• Washington State Department of Ecology

CLT Strategic Conservation Goal Achieved:

• Conserve marine shorelines and estuaries.
• Conserve wetlands, riparian areas, and associated upland forests.

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