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King Conservation District reports increased grants, tree plantings and farm support in 2024 annual briefing
Summary
At a July 16 Local Services and Land Use Committee briefing, King Conservation District Executive Director Rosa Mendez Perez highlighted 2024 program outcomes including expanded grant funding, cost-share projects, thousands of native plantings and outreach to farmers and urban communities.
Chair Sarah Perry called the Local Services and Land Use Committee to order and introduced a required annual briefing from the King Conservation District.
Rosa Mendez Perez, executive director of the King Conservation District, told the committee the district operates as “a non regulatory, special purpose District” that works “by offering education, technical expertise, and natural resource project opportunities, and also grant funding” to support voluntary stewardship on private lands.
Mendez Perez summarized 2024 outcomes recorded in the district’s annual report. She said the district supported nearly 98 acres of farmland improvements and worked with farmers to produce 50 written farm plans. “We helped residents put over…
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