Lands Protections - Principles

The Yakima Basin Integrated Plan team is committed to land protection that:

• Enhances watershed and fish habitat protection and preserves or improves recreational opportunities;
• Minimizes negative effects on existing or reasonably foreseeable economic uses;
• Directly complements other actions in the Integrated Plan;

• Purchases private lands only from willing sellers at fair market value;

• Maintains economic uses where lands have historically been used as working lands; and

• Includes long-term funding for restoration and management activities.