FCD IMPL Project

Firewise Home Assessments
Free firewise assessments are now available to Ferry County homeowners. Assessments focus on the ‘home ignition zone’ and offer specific recommendations for vegetation management and home maintenance that will reduce the risk to wildfire. Call now to schedule your appointment!

Position Available on the FCD Board
There is one appointed position on the FCD Board of Supervisors currently vacant. All registered voters who own or occupy land within Ferry County may hold office. For more information on serving as a conservation district board supervisor, click here.

Financial Assistance for Landowners
We are currently accepting applications from local landowners for cost share projects that implement conservation practices. Proposed projects must employ Best Management Practices and result in improved water quality to qualify for assistance.

Funded under our KWIP and Implementation grants, landowners are generally reimbursed for up to 50% of the costs of implementation. For an application or more information, please contact us.

Monthly Board Meetings
General meetings to conduct business are usually held on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 5:30pm at the District Office. All meetings are open to the public.

2008 Spring/Summer Newsletter

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Ongoing and Completed Projects

Implementation Grant

Headwaters of the San Poil

Nutrient Management Assessment Project

Kettle Watershed Improvement Project

Roberta Lake Wildlife Corridor

Forest Fuel Feasibility Study

Ferry Conservation District assists landowners to restore and protect water quality through education, cost share projects, and technical services. These projects improve and protect portions of rivers, lakes, stream banks, and upland drainages in Ferry County currently identified by environmental concerns. All three Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIA's 52, 58, and 60) in the county have water bodies listed on the EPA 303(d) list. Areas in these three watersheds have had extensive flood damage. Regulation issues add a new element to the existing environmental concerns we address with the implementation of BMP's.

Ferry Conservation District implementation projects target water quality standards and habitat priorities that are necessary to achieve goals identified through agencies, the involvement of watershed working groups, stakeholder/outreach groups, and the recently adopted Intermountain Subbasin Plans. Workshops and District tours provide excellent opportunities for education and demonstration projects.

The District works one on one with landowners that are interested in restoring and improving all kinds of riparian areas and uplands to protect water and soil quality through this program. As a non-regulatory entity, we have the ability to liaison between the landowners and the agencies necessary to get through planning, permitting, and the implementation portions of landowners needs and desires.

Ferry Conservation District is always accepting project applications for this program, and funding is currently available for allocation. For examples of projects completed under this grant in the past, please see our Projects page. For an application or more information, please contact us.