Reiner Farm

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Dale Reiner was a pioneer in river restoration and supporter of floodplain farmland, and arranged for the sale of his 260 acre family farm in the Lower Skykomish Floodplain to the Washington Farmland Trust and Tulalip Tribes upon his death.

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The Reiner Farm is located downstream from the head of Haskell Slough, between the slough and the main river channel in the Lower Skykomish Floodplain, and across the river from Al Borlin Park
Restoration of river flow through Haskell Slough to improve fish habitat has been a object of restoration planning since before 2000. GLO maps indicate that Haskell Slough was once the main river channel.
https://wafarmlandtrust.org/our-work/protected-farms/reiner-farm/ - Washington Farmland Trust description of the Reiner Farm Acquisition project
Snohomish County manages the Haskell Slough Levee on the east side of the property and prevents the river from reoccupying the Haskell Slough.
Tulalip Tribes completed an extensive cultural resources survey effort to prepare for restoration activity and meet NHPA and State requirements. No artifacts were found except a stone flake on the south side of haskell slough.
Haskell Slough Protection and Restoration - the Reiner family was an early adopter in attempting to improve habitat conditions along the river and Haskell Slough.

1996 - The Reiner property is the site of a natural river levee spillover during the floods of 1996, spreading sand and gravel across many farm fields, which led to the prototype installation of Flood Fencing. Subsequence racking of wood has reduced river flow along that avulsion pathway during flood.
1999 - visit by candidate George Bush Jr. profiling voluntary stewardship.
2000 - construction of channels reconnecting Haskell Slough ponds (see RCO 97-1307)
2002-2003 - Extensive initial underplanting of conifers by Dale Reiner and partners.
2018 - Acquisition of the 260 acre Reiner Farm by Washington Farmland Trust
2020 - Dale Reiner passes away.
2022 Fall - Site adopted by the first Skykomish Bio-Cultural Restoration Field Station
2024 - Natural Resources of Tulalip Tribes of Washington complete acquisition of a 100-acre conservation property created by WFT by a boundary line adjustment.

The following materials have been developed by the Skykomish Bio-Cultural Restoration Field Station

Cereghino 2022 preliminary Reiner buffer assessment - provides a rapid assessment of the Tulalip Tribes buffer parcels for the purpose of developing Native Riparian Agroforestry pilots.
Cereghino 2023 Reiner stewardship plan is a working document describing units and management strategies in the Reiner Farm Buffers. There are currently 4 units in assessment, design or under management.
File:Soil series descriptions.pdf includes NRCS soil descriptions for the Pilchuck and Sultan soil series common on the farm.
Cereghino & Busen 2023 agroforesty charrette assessment package - describes three sites on the Reiner Farm as part of a Regenerative Riverscape Agroforestry effort: Mother garden, conifer plantation, and west pond woods.
Cereghino 2023 Reiner Site Assessment Maps - provides site-scale assessment maps including soils, relative elevation model, and 10-year flood model outputs.
Cereghino et al 2024 camp skykomish charrette output
Cereghino 2024 High Resolution Aerials for Railroad Camp - a set of 5 high resolutions 11x17 sheets that can be stitched together to produce a continuous coverage of the area around Railroad Camp.

Site management by the field station is organize into patches: