Implementation Grants

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 Inter mountain Sub-basin 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.