King County and local cities are contemplating a future open space acquisition effort to “finish the job” of land conservation in the county within the next generation. County employees and representatives will host three upcoming meetings to talk about potential future open space conservation work.

The meetings are schedueld for Tuesday, Nov. 29 at Carnation Library, Carnation; Wednesday, Dec. 7, Douglass-Truth Library, Seattle; and Monday, Dec. 12, Fairwood Library, Renton.

All meetings run from 6 to 7:15 p.m., and will include a presentation about open space conservation, followed by an opportunity for questions and discussion about potential strategies for protecting lands with high conservation value.

King County Executive Dow Constantine presented a land conservation and preservation work plan to the King County Council in March 2016 that included proposals for how the County could help preserve natural lands, farms, forests, river corridors and regional trails corridors.

In September 2016, Executive Constantine assembled an advisory group to help him develop a long-term strategy for conserving green spaces, working resource lands and other unprotected lands of high conservation value.

Information about the open space conservation effort is available at kingcounty.gov/land-conservation, or by contacting Ingrid Lundin of the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, (206) 477-4578, Ingrid.Lundin@kingcounty.gov.