This area of approximately 420 acres was owned and farmed by the Pearsons and thus called Pearson Meadow. The property was purchased by the Larsons in 1921, then to Just Family in 1941. When Ed and Patty Haag purchased the property they were instrumental in creating a Meadowcroft Mitigation Bank (MMB) on this property to preserve and protect this wetland.
After a long illness, Ed Haag died on September 17, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Patty Haag and their family. Patty is graciously assisting us in collecting milestone history on the critical piece of wetland.
Approximately 13 acres of this property (Pearson Meadow) is renamed Ed and Patty Haag Wetland in memory of Ed and Patty Haag. The west side of Loon Lake had been drained and farmed years before. It no longer provided quality habitat for fish and wildlife. The owner’s, Ed and Patty Haag, restored the wetland by plugging a drainage ditch in the meadow in 2003, using cost-sharing funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Service along with personal funds.
When all the wetland credits of MMB are sold and with Washington State Department of Ecology’s approval, the wetland will legally be owned by Loon Lake Land Conservancy.
This meadow, which is adjacent to Walt and Betty Davis Wetland and located on water frontage of Loon Lake, creates a filter to replenish water from hundreds of acres upland on the southern edge of the Loon Lake watershed.
Below are photographs of the location of Ed and Patty Haag Wetland with the beautiful house up on the hill.
