Dead Man’s Pond – Gould Property
Puyallup City Council
March 27, 2012
Conservation Futures Program
 Property tax-funded program to purchase open
space/sensitive lands via a competitive process
 No local funding match required
 Local agencies (e.g. city) must take on long-term
ownership/management of purchased properties
Dead Man’s Pond
Site Location Map
Decoursey
Park
Clarks
Creek
Park
City of
Puyallup
Washington State
Department of
Fisheries
Brown
Community
Garden
Proposed
Acquisition
Dead Man’s Pond
Dead Man’s Pond
Site Features
Dead Man’s Pond
 8.66 acres
 Category I wetland
 Critical wildlife habitat
 Adjacent to over 55
acres of public space,
including Maplewood
Springs watershed and
Clarks Creek Park
Property attributes
Dead Man’s Pond
Protection of
unique urban wooded
wetland and wildlife
habitat
Connectivity to
other publicly-owned
property
Dead Man’s Pond
Accessibility to the
public for passive
recreation and birding
Conservation Values
Dead Man’s Pond
Washington State Endangered Western Pond Turtle
Basking in sun at Dead Man’s Pond
Photo courtesy of Oregon Zoo
Conservation Values
Dead Man’s Pond
Wildlife Habitat
Provides salmon habitat as
pond flows into Clark’s
Creek and into Puyallup
River
Bald eagle nesting site
nearby
Great Blue Heron on site
State Candidate Pileated
Woodpecker
Conservation Values
Category I Wetland Habitat
Dead Man’s Pond
Conservation Values
Mature forest adjacent to water body
Dead Man’s Pond
Current Status
Dead Man’s Pond
 Property was ranked to receive funding (late 2010)
 Property appraisal/negotiation processed in 2011
 Now nearing final closing & conveyance to City. City
will need to commit to long-term stewardship as open
space-passive recreation
 One issue: on-site house
Dead Man’s Pond