The Whidbey Camano Land Trust is working in partnership with Island County to protect the majority of Barnum Point. Our goal is to create a phenomenal waterfront county park with tremendous ecological and recreational value. Photo by Barbara Brock.

Protecting Barnum PointIt’s now or never to conserve stunning Camano Island waterfront!

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Proposed: Acquire six properties to quadruple the size of Barnum County Park.

Expanded Size: 129 acres — 92 acres of upland, 37 acres of tidelands, and more than a mile of beach.

Location: East side of Camano Island (see map)

Estimated Total Project Cost: $6 million*

Funding Sources: Private Donations State and Federal Grants

Photo: WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Barnum Point is Camano Island’s last available significant stretch of undeveloped low-bank waterfront.

More than 2.5 miles of lush forest trails provide excellent opportunities for low-impact recreational use.

Photo: Benjamin Drummond Photo: Benjamin Drummond

Barnum Point’s diverse fish and wildlife habitat makes this wild place an ecological gem.

*Total Project Cost: Direct expenses, including land purchase, due diligence, real estate and fundraising work, stewardship, building removal, etc.

Overall Project InformationUrgent Action Needed by Sept. 6

Learn more at www.wclt.org/barnum-pointDonate at www.wclt.org or call today!

One key property – 37 acres – is in imminent danger of being sold for private use. It includes 1/3 mile of beach, 17 acres of lush forest, and 20 acres of private tidelands.

We have raised 79 percent of the $1.135 million cost (through donations, pledges, and a state Salmon Recovery grant) as of Aug. 23, yet more support is needed to save this crucial piece of the larger 129-acre Barnum Point project.

AMOUNT NEEDED BY SEPTEMBER 6: $236,000

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Barnum Point

Conceptual Site Plan

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Ecological Highlights of Barnum Point:• Located in Port Susan Bay and the Greater Skagit/Stillaguamish Delta, and a Western Shorebird “Site of Regional

Importance,” this area is a key migratory stopover for more than 20,000 shorebirds each year. More than 90 percent of western Washington’s wintering waterfowl rely on the Delta.

• Abundant prey attracts an exciting variety of raptors; large numbers of bald eagles are a common sight at Barnum Point.

• Situated directly across the Bay from the mouth of the Stillaguamish (a major salmon-spawning river), Barnum Point’s tideland habitats are critical for forage fish and salmon, including endangered Chinook salmon.

• Rare, mature marine forest and exceptional feeder bluffs at Barnum Point nourish tidelands and provide shade, large woody debris, and “insect rain” that comprises the bulk of food that salmon rely on.

• Barnum Point protects the access to Triangle Cove — one of the County’s only non-diked estuaries — a critical nursery for juvenile salmon leaving the Stillaguamish River and an important spawning habitat for returning adults.

Expanded Park Boundary

Parking Area

Hiking Trails

Project Timeline

August 2016 | 16-004-D

Urgent 37-acre acquisition

Existing 27-acre county park

35 acres protected with bridge loan

4 low-bank waterfront properties (30 acres)

Dec. 2015Met with

landowners

Spring 2016Submitted 7

applications for grant funding

Oct. 2016Buy at-risk

37 acres with funds raised

Summer 2017Protect 5 remaining

properties with grant funding

Deadline to raise funds for

at-risk 37 acres

2018Open expanded Barnum Point County Park

April 2016News of local

students’ donation

July 2016Secured

$385,000 in salmon funding

Aug. 2016Public fundraising

campaign

Sept. 6, 2016