The Okanogan Conservation District Board of Supervisors are accepting comments on our proposed 2017 Fiscal Year Annual Plan of Work. This plan is designed to identify the known and anticipated work we will implement over the 12 months beginning on July 1, 2016. If you have comments or suggestions please send them directly to Craig Nelson, District Manager at craig@okanogancd.org by May 2, 2016.
An Emergency Livestock Feed Program has been established to help Okanogan County livestock producers who lost hay and pasture in the recent wildfires. The Okanogan Conservation District is implementing the program with funding provided by the Washington State Conservation Commission (SCC) and Department of Ecology.
In the wake of another season of very large wildfires in Okanogan County, Okanogan Conservation District re-established the Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response (iBAER) Team. In 2014, this interagency risk assessment team was the first of its kind to be tasked with assessing the erosion threat on state and private lands impacted by the Carlton Complex Fire. This year, the team evaluated threats to life and property on state and private lands burned in the Okanogan Complex, Tunk Block, and North Star fires.
