Renius

Location: West side of Chuckanut Drive
Size: 6.26 acres
Public Access: No
Easement granted: June 1994
Easement type: Conservation
Grantees: Whatcom Land Trust

Protection of a wooded ravine is the major intent of this easement, granted by former owners Vern and Carol Renius.  They purchased the property in the 1980s, and built a home on the northern portion of the parcel.  The southern three acres of the property is thickly wooded with second growth Douglas fir, and slopes steeply into an east-west running ravine.  It is an important corridor for wildlife moving between Pleasant Bay and Chuckanut Mountain.

Protection of the property preserves the natural scenic beauty and the plant and wildlife habitat.

Home, after all, is the place where finally we make our living. It is the place for which we take responsibility, the place we try to sustain so we can pass on what is best in it, and in ourselves, to our children. — William Cronon