The $73.6 million climate resiliency grant builds on more than 20 years of planning work by Ecology and a coalition of public agencies, Tribes, academic institutions and non-profit organizations. Together, they have investigated the steps needed to protect Washington’s coastal communities from climate-related hazards.
Read MoreThe beloved, much-anticipated Snohomish Conservation District’s Annual Plant Sale offers low cost, high quality native plants for pre-order online through Feb. 9.
The sale is open to all, not just Snohomish County residents, according to a news release.
“This a great way to get native species out there at a low cost,” says plant sale lead Summer Daugherty. “Last year we had 1,430 orders and we’re already at 1,500 orders. We increased our stock by 15% this year to meet demand.”
The City of Lynnwood is receiving $1,308,198 of the Urban and Community Forest Grant for its South Lynnwood Urban Forestry & Stewardship Program. Overall, municipalities in Washington state were awarded a total of $36,365,854 in funding from the grant for 2023. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service awarded more than $1 billion in competitive grants this fall to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme heat and climate change and improve access to nature.
Read MoreRead the full article in the North County Outlook.
Read the full article at Stanwood Camano News by Izzie Lund covering the second of two film festivals tied to Tales of Two Rivers under the Sustainable Lands Strategy banner.
Agroforestry has made its way into Snohomish Conservation District (WA), with landowner interest flourishing and new programs specific to forest farming in the works.
The conservation district has been implementing about a half a dozen agroforestry practices around the north Puget Sound for the past five years, but the rising interest in forest farming is taking the lead and shaping the district’s vision of the region’s future.
Read this article by the National Association of Conservation Districts here.
Read MorePhoto credit: Bill Pierce, Photovoice 2017
Read MoreFrom the Herald with story published on May 23, 2021 by Julia Titone -
Snohomish County’s diverse agricultural community is learning to survive a bushel of challenges.
"We cannot overstate how thankful and appreciative we are...it was a very special project for us.” - David Jackson
Photos and story by Kalvin Valdillez, Tulalip News
Read MoreRain Gardens in Lynnwood - Article and photo credit - Lynnwood Today
Read More“Farming has been taking resources from the land in a sense,” Brausieck (SCD Resource Planner) said.
But agroforestry allows farmers to harvest food in a way that’s protecting natural resources and regenerating the land.
“It’s creating a way for farming to be part of the solution,” she said.
Photo credit: Kevin Clark, Everett Herald
Read MoreJackie Emmerton, right, and granddaughter Sayler Pattison dig a hole to plant a tree at the Earth Day event from the city of Marysville on April 27. - Photo credit: Christopher Andersson
Read MoreThe volunteers that came to help plant the garden beds this month represent the area’s largest minority community, Riley said. The district staff worked with the Monroe Public Library, the Edmonds Community College Latino Education Training Institute and other organizations for outreach, she said.
Monroe has one of the highest populations of people who are Latino and Hispanic in Snohomish County, Riley said.
Ten percent of Snohomish County’s population is Hispanic or Latino, according to the most recent census data. That number is closer to 20 percent for Monroe, according to the City of Monroe.
“It takes all of us to do something on our own property, and that is what the chamber wanted to exemplify,” Riley said.
Read MorePhoto of Barbara Brock and story by Lizz Giordano of The Herald.
Read MoreThe city and Snohomish Conservation District teamed up for the planting project, which was conceived in 2014. That’s when Bertrand and Alex Pittman got together, “when the emails started flying.”
Pittman was looking for a way to cool down water in the French Creek sub-basin. Warm temperatures affect the amount of dissolved oxygen in its tributaries. Low levels create a chronic barrier to fish passage, according to the conservation district.
Cripple Creek enters the Monroe Wetlands to the north, and then exits via the southwest corner. The waterway connects with French Creek, which then flows into the Snohomish River.
The conservation district has been focused on French Creek for a while, according to Pittman. Salmon struggle to survive in its warm waters.
Photo Credit: Kelly Sullivan, Monroe Montior
Read MoreThe 13th Place Garden is still thriving about a month after it was established by Denise Tarter and her neighbors in June. Denise attended one of SCD’s Lawns to Lettuce classes.
Photo courtesy of Denise Tarter.
Read MoreThe New family, owners of Nourse Tree Farm in Snohomish County, has won Tree Farmer of the Year honor in Washington state.
Photo credit: Washington Tree Farm Program
Read MoreUpdate to Everett Herald article about our Vet Crew plus the recognition of Washington Department of Veterans Affairs as Conservation Partner of the Year.
Read MoreMcMahon won the Conservation Leader of the Year Award for her use of SCD cost-share program to install a rain garden in her front yard in 2013. In 2017, district officials were happy to hear that she had also expressed interest in being the recipient of free rain barrels for its partnership project with the City of Lynnwood.
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