About a mile from our home in Maltby, there is a parking lot and trailhead to the Paradise Valley Conservancy. On this land, there are hiking trails and beautiful forested land. It truly is a 'paradise' after being in the city, and all you can hear is running water and the sound of birds.
The Paradise Valley Conservancy is an area consisting of 670 acres previously owned by the Lloyd family. They sold the property to Cascade Land Conservation company in 1999.
The property is located at the headwaters of Bear Creek Basin, which was identified by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife as the most productive salmon stream in western Washington for a basin of its size. Owned by the Lloyd family since the 1880’s, the majority of this land has been harvested for timber since 1940. Non-harvested land consists of pastureland and non-forested wetland. There is a single-family residence with a barn and other farm buildings, and approximately 50 acres of the property are used for agricultural purposes.
The Bear Creek Basin is one of the last high quality lowland systems in south Snohomish County. Long-term protection of Paradise Valley will ensure that its Native American archaeological sites are preserved, along with its populations of Chinook, Coho, sockeye, and Kokanee salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout, and freshwater mussels.
We plan to explore the trails and the land and learn more about the beautiful area in which we live.
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