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 at the head of Haskell Slough in the Lower Skykomish Floodplain across the river from Al Borlin Park
Restoration of river flow through Haskell Slough to improve fish habitat has been a subject of restoration planning since before 2000.
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.

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.
2002-2003 - Initial underplanting of conifers by Dale Reiner.
2018 - Acquisition of Reiner Farm by Washington Farmland Trust
2022 Fall - Site of the first Biocultural Restoration Field Station

The Ecosystem Guild is prototyping Biocultural Restoration Field Stations at the Reiner Farm site. The following resources describe that work.

File:Cereghino 2022 preliminary Reiner buffer assessment.pdf - provides a rapid assessment of the Tulalip Tribes buffer parcels for the purpose of developing Native Riparian Agroforestry pilots.
File:Cereghino 2023 Reiner stewardship plan.pdf - this document describes patches, management goals, and recurring strategies, and serves as the framework for information sharing.
File:Charrette design assessment packet.pdf - describes three sites on the Reiner Farm as part of a Regenerative Riverscape Agroforestry effort.

The site is divided into stewardship units for the purposes of coordination and record keeping: