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NOTE: This land has a conservation easement, which limits the types of development that can occur on it.
Project Background:
Potter Marsh Watershed Park was established in December 2024 through a partnership between Great Land Trust and the Municipality of Anchorage. Situated directly above Potter Marsh and adjacent to the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Chugach State Park, the park provides a critical source of water recharge for Potter Marsh and creates a vital corridor for wildlife conservation and public recreation.
This park is a valuable and productive habitat, encompassing coastal forest, meadows, streams, springs, and wetlands. Its watershed feeds the south end of Potter Marsh. The park provides opportunities for education and passive recreation, supports wildlife habitat, and contributes to clean water recharge for Potter Marsh.
The development of Potter Marsh Watershed Park offers new opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy passive outdoor recreation. The park also provides broader benefits, including reducing flood risk, protecting valuable wildlife habitat, and conserving unfragmented forest, woodland, wetlands, and waterways that are critical to the water quality of Potter Marsh.
Great Land Trust holds the Potter Marsh Watershed Park Conservation Easement which permanently restricts the uses and development of the park. The Conservation Easement divides the park into two zones, with the majority of the park designated as a Resource Protection Area. Four Limited Development Areas are also specified where compatible land use and development may occur, subject to specific limitations and restrictions.
NOTE: This land has a conservation easement, which limits the types of development that can occur on it.
Project Background:
Potter Marsh Watershed Park was established in December 2024 through a partnership between Great Land Trust and the Municipality of Anchorage. Situated directly above Potter Marsh and adjacent to the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Chugach State Park, the park provides a critical source of water recharge for Potter Marsh and creates a vital corridor for wildlife conservation and public recreation.
This park is a valuable and productive habitat, encompassing coastal forest, meadows, streams, springs, and wetlands. Its watershed feeds the south end of Potter Marsh. The park provides opportunities for education and passive recreation, supports wildlife habitat, and contributes to clean water recharge for Potter Marsh.
The development of Potter Marsh Watershed Park offers new opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy passive outdoor recreation. The park also provides broader benefits, including reducing flood risk, protecting valuable wildlife habitat, and conserving unfragmented forest, woodland, wetlands, and waterways that are critical to the water quality of Potter Marsh.
Great Land Trust holds the Potter Marsh Watershed Park Conservation Easement which permanently restricts the uses and development of the park. The Conservation Easement divides the park into two zones, with the majority of the park designated as a Resource Protection Area. Four Limited Development Areas are also specified where compatible land use and development may occur, subject to specific limitations and restrictions.