The city council voted to acquire the land and this outcome belongs entirely to you. I am still in disbelief that we reached this point but I hope you take a moment to be proud of what your dedication achieved for Cougar Mountain. We need to stay watchful to ensure …
October 19, 2018
Final supporters
YOU DID IT!!!
COUGAR MOUNTAIN BERGSMA ACQUISITION PASSES CITY COUNCIL
In a courageous show of leadership and with strong community support, the Issaquah City Council voted Monday night to acquire the 46-acre Bergsma property. This couldn’t have happened without all of you and your letters, your calls, your petition signatures, your attendance at meetings, your ideas and creativity – and your love for Cougar Mountain.
THANK-YOU! AND, HEY, IT’S NOT OVER YET……
The City Council is putting up $10.645 million dollars to front this acquisition in the hope that future grants will reimburse all but $3.823 million. They have asked the community to be their supporting partner in this. So we hope you are willing to let us keep you posted in the future. If the City does not get adequate compensation, they would have to sell off some or all of the property. NOT on our watch, right?
Here is a link to the City's announcement regarding their approval: https://www.issaquahwa.gov/civicalerts.aspx?aid=3793
PLEASE THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR PAULY AND LET THEM KNOW YOU’LL SUPPORT THEIR GRANT EFFORTS: [email protected]
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Reached 1,000 supporters
July 27, 2018
July 26, 2018
I am truly humbled by how many people care about this land and I never imagined so many of you would join this effort. If each of you could find just one more person to sign today it would get us right to that one thousand mark before we present our case.
Reached 100 supporters
March 10, 2018
341 Comments
Thank you Save Cougar Mountain! Issaquah is clearing losing it's focus with allowing all the building and clear cutting (like California) of the Highlands and Talus. The "Issaquah" Alps are vital to our ecology and aesthetics of our life styles .
Cougar Mountain green space was an important part of my childhood and my education in the natural world. It's a vital greenway for wild animal populations, and is part of what adds value to the surrounding area. Please protect this land from development.
This space is not suitable for roads and housing for humans. It is suitable for wildlife. Leave it be. Leave the wildlife some habitat. Otherwise, you are forcing them into contact with humans -- with generally poor outcomes for both!
Even if I never set foot on the Cougar Mountain hillside, I will defend the rights of those who do, now and in the future. The "highest and best use" of land is NOT impermeable surfaces surrounded by houses and commercial development.
Please help save this dwindling vestige of what our region once was, and what continues to make it special. One only needs to cast an eye to Somerset to see how short-sighted development and pursuit of short-term profit can ruin a vista forever.
Save cougar mtn!
Cougar Mountain must be saved from further development, as it is an important wildlife habitat and wildlife corridor. It contains two wetlands, has steep, landslide prone slopes, which would be destabilized by removing vegetation and regrading. We do not need a repeat of the Oso disastrous tragedy.
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The city council voted to acquire the land and this outcome belongs entirely to you. I am still in disbelief that we reached this point but I hope you take a moment to be proud of what your dedication achieved for Cougar Mountain. We need to stay watchful to ensure …
October 19, 2018
Final supporters
YOU DID IT!!!
COUGAR MOUNTAIN BERGSMA ACQUISITION PASSES CITY COUNCIL
In a courageous show of leadership and with strong community support, the Issaquah City Council voted Monday night to acquire the 46-acre Bergsma property. This couldn’t have happened without all of you and your letters, your calls, your petition signatures, your attendance at meetings, your ideas and creativity – and your love for Cougar Mountain.
THANK-YOU! AND, HEY, IT’S NOT OVER YET……
The City Council is putting up $10.645 million dollars to front this acquisition in the hope that future grants will reimburse all but $3.823 million. They have asked the community to be their supporting partner in this. So we hope you are willing to let us keep you posted in the future. If the City does not get adequate compensation, they would have to sell off some or all of the property. NOT on our watch, right?
Here is a link to the City's announcement regarding their approval: https://www.issaquahwa.gov/civicalerts.aspx?aid=3793
PLEASE THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR PAULY AND LET THEM KNOW YOU’LL SUPPORT THEIR GRANT EFFORTS: [email protected]
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
July 27, 2018
July 26, 2018
I am truly humbled by how many people care about this land and I never imagined so many of you would join this effort. If each of you could find just one more person to sign today it would get us right to that one thousand mark before we present our case.
Reached 100 supporters
March 10, 2018
341 Comments
I remember going to school for 9 years and passing cougar mountain on the way there. There was winding trees and lots of moss and nothing really else like it on my school commute. If Cougar Mountain is replaced with buildings, I'd miss it greatly
Thank you Save Cougar Mountain! Issaquah is clearing losing it's focus with allowing all the building and clear cutting (like California) of the Highlands and Talus. The "Issaquah" Alps are vital to our ecology and aesthetics of our life styles .
Cougar Mountain green space was an important part of my childhood and my education in the natural world. It's a vital greenway for wild animal populations, and is part of what adds value to the surrounding area. Please protect this land from development.
This space is not suitable for roads and housing for humans. It is suitable for wildlife. Leave it be. Leave the wildlife some habitat. Otherwise, you are forcing them into contact with humans -- with generally poor outcomes for both!
Even if I never set foot on the Cougar Mountain hillside, I will defend the rights of those who do, now and in the future. The "highest and best use" of land is NOT impermeable surfaces surrounded by houses and commercial development.
Please help save this dwindling vestige of what our region once was, and what continues to make it special. One only needs to cast an eye to Somerset to see how short-sighted development and pursuit of short-term profit can ruin a vista forever.
Save cougar mtn!
Cougar Mountain must be saved from further development, as it is an important wildlife habitat and wildlife corridor. It contains two wetlands, has steep, landslide prone slopes, which would be destabilized by removing vegetation and regrading. We do not need a repeat of the Oso disastrous tragedy.
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I remember going to school for 9 years and passing cougar mountain on the way there. There was winding trees and lots of moss and nothing really else like it on my school commute. If Cougar Mountain is replaced with buildings, I'd miss it greatly