KCD Welcomes New Wildfire and Forest Resiliency Coordinator
We are excited to welcome Matt Axe as our new Wildfire and Forest Resiliency Coordinator. Matt brings a strong background and wealth of experience to this position. He will hit the ground running developing a fire risk assessment for the Emerald Heights Community in the City of Redmond, as well as presenting on wildfire preparedness with King County and the local fire district to the Lake Desire Community.
Learn more about Matt & KCD Wildfire Services.
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Seattle Environmental Equity Projects Now Being Accepted!
The King Conservation District (KCD) – Seattle Community Partnership Grant Program is requesting applications from organizations and community groups committed to improving Seattle’s natural resources and addressing environmental injustice.
Letters of Intent (LOI) are due by 5pm on Monday, July 15, 2019. For more information, go to kingcd.org or contact Jessica Saavedra, 425-282-1906.
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Hazel Valley Community Garden
KCD was out helping the Hazel Valley Community Garden with a fun event, just one of many, that are going into making this community garden a success. The garden aims to improve stormwater mitigation, increase food access, bring neighbors together, and build healthy soil.
Learn more about KCD Community Agriculture.
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2019 WA State Envirothon
Students from across Washington state gathered last week at Camp Don Bosco in Carnation for the 2019 WA State Envirothon. Eight teams competed in the two-day event after winning their regional competitions earlier in the year. King, Snohomish, and Pierce Conservation Districts host the natural resource sciences competition. Seatte's Ingraham High School team won this year’s competition and will represent Washington State at the national competition this July in North Carolina.
Learn more about Envirothon.
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KCD Welcomes New Board Member Kirstin Haugen
King Conservation District is gaining a strong voice for King County’s natural resources in their newest board member Kirstin Haugen.
Kirstin combines a background in both public and private sectors in King County having worked for the King County Council’s office and the public affairs firm Mercury.
Learn more about Kirstin and the election.
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Learn what it takes to return your stream to a more natural state and support fish & wildlife habitat. Tour a shoreline restoration project and see how native plants can revitalize an area once overrun by invasive weeds.
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Help King Conservation District promote Local Food, Clean Water, Healthy Forests, and Strong Communities... become a Better Ground Ambassador today!
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Come learn and farm with King Conservation District at King County Wastewater South Treatment Plant’s CitySoil Farm! Learn key components of soil health, run through basic field tests for physical properties of soil, and then get your hands in the dirt!
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Learn what it takes to return your stream to a more natural state and support fish & wildlife habitat. Tour a shoreline restoration project and see how native plants can revitalize an area once overrun by invasive weeds.
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Join King Conservation District staff for an educational and impactful volunteer event at our Native Plant Nursery in Renton. Spend a morning outside helping to maintain trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and aquatic plants for projects across King County, while earning native plants for your own project or landscaping.
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Is your marine bluff or beach property eroding or jeopardizing your house? Do you want to manage vegetation to stabilize slopes while maintaining a beautiful view of Puget Sound?
Join us for a FREE workshop & beach walk developed for property owners along the marine shorelines of King County.
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Visit Wild Canary Farm to learn how KCD Board Supervisor Jim Haack and his wife Katie raise Animal Welfare Approved and Certified Grass Fed beef and do intensive rotational grazing.
Learn about pasture health best management practices and KCD's equipment loan program.
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Join King Conservation District at St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church in Burien to help the community grow a garden. There will be a preschool garden, two stock tanks and some raised beds to construct and fill. This is a family-friendly event!
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Dead and dying trees have proliferated throughout western Washington. Washington State University (WSU) Extension Forestry will be giving a free public seminar to explain why so many trees are dying right now and what property owners can do.
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At King Conservation District, we’re all about better ground. Better ground means taking important stewardship actions at home and in our communities to create healthy soil and water, to provide healthy food, and to conserve land, water, forests, wildlife and related natural resources. And you don’t have to go at it alone. You have a partner, your local conservation district.
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