Join Us In Saving This Land, Its Habitat, and History
We’re currently advocating for the City of Bellevue to purchase this critical 12-acre property from the developer to protect a critical wildlife corridor between Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park and Bellevue’s Coal Creek Natural Area. This will also preserve a rich history of mining, and improve parking and pedestrian access in the area.
Please consider donating to the Save Coal Creek Fund. Your donation will help our grassroots effort with getting the word out and with our legal efforts to stop this development.
March 30, 2024 - Milt Birthday Celebration!
Supporters of Save Coal Creek celebrated Milt Swanson’s birthday on March 30th - thank you for all of your support!
Take action now
Contact your elected officials at the Bellevue City Council and King County Council and ask them to fund the purchase of the Isola Homes property on Lakemont Blvd SE. You can search for your King County council member here: https://kingcounty.gov/council/councilmembers/find_district.aspx
Sign the petition to show your support for the campaign
Donate to the Save Coal Creek Fund**. This fund will be used to help us cover research, attorney fees, and technical fees that arise as our efforts continue in advocating for this project.
**Funds not used within 5 years will be rolled into the Issaquah Alps Trails Club Opportunity fund.
Read the Campaign Newsletters
Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park with proposed development site.
Location
Situated between Coal Creek Natural Area and Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park. Preservation of this corridor would bridge these public lands.
The property consists of parts of 2 parcels shown on the map below:
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There is also significant concern around safety and erosion on these parcels. This is yet another reason developed should be stopped in this area.
Reasons to Save
AVOID INCREASE IN TRAFFIC
Injecting 35 homes (with perhaps 100+ residents and 50 cars) will increase traffic on an already dangerous 40mph commuter roadway. How will school busses, garbage trucks and delivery vans get in and out? How will pedestrians be able to safely cross the road?
PRESERVE HISTORY
A much better use of this site, in harmony with the two adjacent wildland parks, would be to provide a trailhead interpretive facility with limited parking close to Lakemont Blvd. while preserving the rest of the site in its natural state and improving connections to Cougar Mt. Wildland Park.
PROTECT SALMON HABITAT
The site drains three sensitive wetlands containing four different fish bearing streams. Birds such as kingfishers, dippers and herons have been observed here; as well as sapsuckers, pileated wood-peckers, bats, swallows, owls, hawks, weasels, frogs & salamanders.
Protect wildlife
The area is a very active wildlife corridor and provides critical habitat for wildlife including deer, coyotes, bobcats, and bears who have been seen crossing Lakemont Boulevard. Thanks to Paul Van Atta for supplying the wonderful wildlife video footage of the bears!