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King Conservation District outlines farm plan process, cost‑share and data/privacy limits
Summary
The King Conservation District briefed the committee on farm conservation plans — how plans are written, typical timelines and cost‑share rules — and staff and councilmembers discussed barriers farmers face paying upfront costs and limits on county access to plans because of state privacy rules.
Jay Muro, senior resource planner at the King Conservation District (KCD), briefed the Local Services and Land Use Committee on May 21 about farm conservation plans and related KCD programs.
Muro said a typical farm plan begins with a site visit of two to three hours, and that producing a site‑specific plan often takes 15 to 30 staff hours and can run roughly 140 pages for complex properties. Plans describe natural resource inventories, site maps, recommended best management practices (BMPs), siting guidance for structures, and monitoring and implementation steps; KCD staff review the plan with the landowner before finalizing it.
KCD’s cost‑share program can reimburse 50%–100% of some practice…
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