2012 CD Supervisor Election
VOTE IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS CONSERVATION DISTRICT ELECTION
The election of the San Juan Islands Conservation District will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. All San Juan County registered voters are eligible to vote in this election. One supervisor will be elected by registered voters and one supervisor will be appointed by the Washington State Conservation Commission for a 3-year term on the governing board of the San Juan Islands Conservation District.
The Board of Supervisors is responsible for governance and oversight of the Conservation District, for formulation of policy regulating District operations, for approval of District budgets, and monitoring use of District resources. The Board of Supervisors meets monthly, and individual supervisors typically also serve on District committees and provide technical support as appropriate. Supervisor positions are not compensated.
VACANCY- Elected SUPERVISOR
We have one elected position vacant. The candidate must be a registered voter owning land or operating a farm within the San Juan Islands Conservation District boundary. ANYONE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SUPERVISOR CANDIDATE for the San Juan Islands Conservation District Board of Supervisors must file a nominating form and 25 qualifying signature petition with San Juan Islands Conservation District no later than January 31, 2012.
VACANCY - Appointed SUPERVISOR
We have one appointed position vacant as well. This position expires in May 19, 2012 and is a three-year appointment.
The Washington State Conservation Commission must receive applications for appointment no later than March 30, 2012 by 5pm.
For more information, or to obtain application forms, please contact Carol Maas at the San Juan Islands Conservation District 360-378-6621 or e-mail c.maas@sanjuanislandscd.org) or visit the Washington State Conservation Commission website at http://www.scc.wa.gov.
This election will be conducted by mail-in or drop-off in person at the polling station, 540 Guard Street, #150, Friday Harbor from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
Those wishing to vote in this election, by mail, must request a ballot, and must do so not later than February 21, 2012. Ballot requests may be submitted, to the attention of the Elections Officer. Please provide your name, address, phone & email address. These are needed to verify voter registration.
mail: SJICD, 350 Court Street, #10, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
telephone: 360-378-6621
fax: 360-378-2445
email: c.maas@sanjuanislandscd.org
in person: 540 Guard Street, #150, Friday Harbor, WA
Ballots will be mailed to voters when the list of candidates is final.
Mailed ballots must be returned postmarked no later than Tuesday, February 28, 2010.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP)
This popular conservation funding assistance
program
deadline is set for December 2nd,
2011
SPOKANE,
Wash. (November 7, 2011) -
Agricultural producers have until December 2, 2011 to apply
for financial and technical assistance through Washington's
most popular conservation program, USDA's Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) announced
today.
The
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
is a
voluntary, technical and financial assistance program
designed to help farmers improve irrigation efficiency;
manage nutrient run-off and/or animal waste; improve the
health of native plant communities; and reduce soil loss.
In most instances, producers who participate in the program
pay for roughly half of the costs of the conservation
measures or practices.
The
December 2 signup deadline is for Washington's general EQIP
funding. According to the NRCS, there will be
additional deadlines later in the year for some special
initiatives such as funding specifically for Organic
Producers, Conservation Activity Plans and possibly
others.
"EQIP
has become NRCS' primary program to provide conservation
assistance to producers on Washington's working
lands,"
acting Assistant State Conservationist Lacey Gaw said,
"Applicants who want to be considered for a fiscal year
2012 EQIP contract will need to have a signed application
on file by December 2, 2011".
In
2011, Washington agricultural producers qualified for more
than $12 million in financial assistance through the
program, according to the NRCS.
Interested
agricultural producers are encouraged to contact their
local USDA service center office or check the agency's web
site at www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov
for
more information.
CONTACT:
Steve
Nissley
District Conservationist
USDA-NRCS Mt. Vernon
360.428.7684
ext. 131
An Equal Opportunity Provider and
Employer.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits
discrimination in all its programs and activities on the
basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and
where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status,
parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic
information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or
a part of an individual's income is derived from any public
assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all
programs.) Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication of program information
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at
(202) 720-2600
(voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination
write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or
call
(800) 795-3272
(voice) or
(202) 720-6382
(TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and
employer.
Free
Educational Workshops: Drainage 101: Learn How to
protect your property
During
the fall, winter and spring the San Juan Islands receive
significant precipitation that can cause property to become
wet and muddy and even cause property damage.
Sometimes, when the excess rainwater runs downslope it can
cause erosion of soil, isolated flooding and may contain
pollutants from roadways and lawns/landscaped
areas.
San Juan
County Community Planning and Development and the San Juan
Islands Conservation District are excited to sponsor two
informative free workshop for San Juan County residents who
are interested in drainage, water quality, soils, plants
and Low Impact Development (LID) best management practices
that can help reduce runoff, clean pollutants and increase
infiltration as well as create attractive landscapes and
conserve precious water resources. The general
concept is to mimic natural hydrologic processes by
protecting soils, amending soils, planting native plants
that can tolerate local conditions and directing runoff
into small scale facilities for treatment and
infiltration.
There
are two workshops being offered.
Friday,
November 18th, from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm at the Grange in
Friday Harbor on San Juan Island
Saturday,
November 19th, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at the Outlook Inn in
Eastsound on Orcas Island
Topics
to be covered include “Sustainable Land Use Principles”
with a national expert on soils and sustainable land
practices, Mr. David McDonald a Resource Planner at Seattle
Public Utilities and an educator for the PSP/WSU/UW Low
Impact Development Certification program. He will
cover Best Landscape Practices, Soil Protection &
Restoration, Vegetation Management and Pollution
Prevention. The second part of the workshop will
cover the basics of engineering and” Low Impact
Development” with speaker Mark Buehrer, Professional
Engineer from 2020 Engineering in Bellingham. His
firm has designed stormwater systems and low impact
development facilities in the San Juan Islands. He
will address Site Planning Principals, Best
Management Practices (BMPs), Erosion Control , Water
Quality Treatment as well as Construction, Operation &
Maintenance of various drainage solutions. Also
included in the workshop is a discussion of “Water &
Your Land: Opportunities for Land Owners in the
Eastsound & Westcott / Garrison Bay Watersheds” by
Julie Thompson, San Juan County Community Planning and
Development Department and D. N. Kinsey, San Juan Islands
Conservation District. We will look at current
project areas and the future of stormwater management in
the San Juan Islands and Puget
Sound.
The
target audience for these workshops includes landowners and
business owners in the watersheds of East Sound and
Westcott/Garrison Bays, Community Decision Makers (County
Council, HOAs, Eastsound Planning & Review Committee,
etc.), Contractors, Architects, Engineers,
Builders/Developers, Landscape Professionals and anyone
interested in green technologies and natural resource
conservation.
To
reserve a seat or for more details contact the San Juan
Islands Conservation District at
360-378-6621 or by
email at
info@sanjuanislandscd.org.
This
project has been funded wholly or in part by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency under the assistance
agreement PO-00J12501 to San Juan County. The Puget Sound
Watershed Management Assistance Program ends in
2013.
Sunday, September 25,
10 am - 3 pm FRIDAY HARBOR, SAN JUAN ISLANDS, WA
Horses for Clean Water WORKSHOP: Fall in Place
for Winter: Preparing Horse and Livestock Properties for
the Rainy Season. Join
Alayne Blickle on beautiful San Juan Island to learn about
horse keeping--island style! Hear tips and ideas on
reducing mud and runoff as well as pasture and manure
management options. See: http://www.horsesforcleanwater.com
for
details
WORKSHOPS:
Protecting the Shoreline in San Juan
County
Join
us for a free workshop with coastal expert
Jim
Johannessen. Learn ways to
protect
your shoreline.
SAN
JUAN -
Tues. June 7, 2:00-3:30 pm, English Camp
ORCAS
-
Wed. June 8, 10:00-11:30am, Crescent Beach
LOPEZ
-
Wed. June 8, 2:30-4:00 pm, Odlin Park
This landowner
assistance workshop is free.
Please call
378-2319
to RSVP or for more
information.
Sponsored by: San Juan Islands
Conservation District & Friends of the San
Juans
Governor
Gregoire reappoints Commissioner Lynn Bahrych for a third
term.
News
Release: May 27, 2011 Contact: Mark Clark,
Washington State Conservation Commission,
mclark@scc.wa.gov,
360-407-6201
OLYMPIA,
Wash. – Lynn Bahrych, Commissioner, was reappointed to the
Conservation Commission by Governor Gregoire on Friday, May
20, 2011. Commissioner Bahrych, resident of Shaw
Island in the San Juan Islands, has served on the
Commission since 2004. Commissioner Bahrych has been
instrumental in a number of activities closely related to
the environmental and agricultural communities. She
is currently leading, on behalf of the Commission, the
effort to bring the highly acclaimed Smithsonian exhibit
“Dig It! The Secrets of Soil” to Washington State.
Commissioner Bahrych will serve from June 7, 2011 until
June 6, 2015.
The Official 2011 Election Results were certified at the
Washington State Conservation Commission meeting on May
19th.
Elected Conservation District
Supervisor-Steve
Belluomini, San Juan Island
Appointed Conservation District
Supervisor-Shannon
Hoffman, Lopez Island
The
election of a San Juan Islands Conservation District
Supervisor was held on
March 29, 2011. All
San Juan County registered voters were eligible to vote in
this election. One supervisor was elected for a 3-year term
on the governing board of the District.The San Juan Islands
Conservation District Board of Supervisors is comprised of
three elected positions and two appointed positions. Each
supervisor is a volunteer and serves a 3-year term.
All
2011 election and appointment information
is
available, click on the following links:
Elections
Appointments
The
Board of Supervisors is responsible for governance and
oversight of the Conservation District, for formulation of
policy regulating District operations, for approval of
District budgets, and monitoring use of District resources.
The Board of Supervisors meets monthly, and individual
supervisors typically also serve on District committees and
provide technical support as appropriate.
Governor
Signs Ruckelshaus Bill - A Voluntary Stewardship Program
Created for Agriculture in Washington
State
May
17, 2011
It took over 3 years of negotiation between parties who
rarely see things eye-to-eye, but hard work in the
Ruckelshaus Process finally showed success yesterday when
Governor Gregoire signed ESHB 1886, known as the
Ruckelshaus Process bill. You can view a copy of the
legislation here.
The
legislation creates the Voluntary Stewardship Program at
the Conservation Commission, a program intended to address
the contentious issue of the protection of critical areas
on agricultural lands while maintaining viable agricultural
production. The San Juan County Council decided to
Opt-In to the Voluntary Stewardship Program on January 10,
2012.
For more information on Voluntary
Stewardship
Holistic
Management for Farm Planning and Profitability:
A
Two-Day Introductory Workshop
When:
Sat. and
Sun., Feb. 19 and 20, 2011 Where:
Skagit
Valley College
Who
Will Benefit? Participants will
learn about Ecosystem Processes, Holistic Goal Setting,
Financial and Land Planning, Decision Making, Monitoring
and Implementation.
Presenter:
Dr.
Sandra Matheson is a rancher, Certified Educator in
Holistic Management, group facilitator, retired
veterinarian, writer, and documentary filmmaker, who lives
and farms near Bellingham, WA.
Cost:
$86 per person includes instruction, light snacks, and
materials.
Washington
Association of Conservation Districts Supervisor of the
Year for the NW Area was awarded to the San Juan Islands
Conservation District Board of Supervisors Chair, Mr. Pete
Walmsley.
Public
Hearing about SJICD Special Assessment Renewal Request
($5/parcel for 10 years)
DATE:
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 TIME: 10:45 am
LOCATION: San Juan County Council Chambers 55 Second
Street, Friday Harbor, WA
ABOUT: Public Hearing regarding the San Juan Islands
Conservation District's request to renew Special Assessment
funding of $5/parcel for 10 years commencing January 2011.
FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington, Aug. 22, 2010 -- San Juan County
Council will hold a public hearing at the Council Chambers
in Friday Harbor on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 10:45 am to
consider a request from the San Juan Islands Conservation
District for renewal of a $5/parcel special assessment for
10 years to support activities and programs to conserve
natural resources in the San Juan Islands and thereby
benefit all county residents.
For more information, contact Josie Byington, SJICD Office
Manager at 360-378-6621 or j.byington@sanjuanislandscd.org
or visit www.sanjuanislandscd.org.
* Based on parcel numbers provided by San Juan County
Assessor's office on August 16, 2010.
PUBLIC HEARING: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010, 10:00
AM
Please
join us for a Public Hearing regarding the request by the
San Juan Islands Conservation District for renewal of
parcel assessment.
Location: The San Juan Island Grange (152 First Street N,
Friday Harbor).
Call for more information, (360)
378-6621
San
Juan County Soils Workshop
Dates:
Public
Presentation, Tues April 6th, 7:30 pm
San Juan Island Public Library Meeting Room
Presentation for Professionals, Weds April 7th, 9-11:00 am
Council Chambers, Legislative Building
Presenters:
Chuck Natsuhara, Soil Scientist, USDA-Natural Resources
Conservation Service and Erik Dahlke, Soil
Survey Office Leader, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Topics:
How the Soil Survey update was created and changes from the
1962 Soil survey maps.
Presented by: The San Juan Islands Conservation District in
cooperation with The United States Department of
Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Native Plants: Look for them on an island
near you
The Annual Native Plant Sale: A partnership between the
Master Gardener Foundation and the San Juan Islands
Conservation District.
Please call WSU Extension at 378-4414 if you have any
questions.
Plants are 1-2 years old and are bare root or plugs sold in
bundles of five plants, unless noted. Plants average
from 8” to 36” in height. Plants are conservation stock,
not nursery stock and some plant loss should be expected.
Orders may be picked up on Saturday February 27, 2010
between 9-12 in one of three locations: SJC Fairgrounds 4-H
Building, Orcas Island Grange, Lopez at Sunset Builders
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