State awards $10 million to Snohomish County for floodplain projects
EVERETT — The state Floodplains by Design program awarded almost $10 million this month to the Snohomish County Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Snohomish County plans to use the money for its Community Floodplains Solutions program, allowing the county to continue projects within the Snohomish River basin. The county said the grant will specifically advance work at floodplain sites near Sultan and Monroe, where streams and rivers eventually feed into the Snohomish.
Program leaders typically collaborate with landowners and acquire properties with significant flood risk, as well as potential for farmland preservation and salmon recovery.
“Not only does this funding have the potential to protect over $30 million of property from flood risk, it also supports tremendous economic benefit and local jobs,” the program’s manager, Jessica Hamill, said in a press release.
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