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Commissioners approve voluntary stewardship contract and salmon-recovery project ranking
Summary
Pacific County approved a 2025–2027 voluntary stewardship contract with the Washington State Conservation Commission and Pacific Conservation District and confirmed Willapa Bay Lead Entity's 2025 salmon-recovery project ranking (project 25-1116, rank #1).
Pacific County commissioners on July 22 approved a two-year contract (K2622) with the Washington State Conservation Commission and an interagency agreement with the Pacific Conservation District to continue the Voluntary Stewardship Program from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027.
County staff described the voluntary stewardship program as a long-running local effort to work with agricultural producers in agricultural critical areas: "It's been a very successful program in the county," staff said, noting the program's monitoring, reporting and cost-share work to help producers upgrade practices to better protect the environment. The board approved the motion to authorize the chair to sign the contract and the interagency agreement by voice vote.
Also on the consent agenda, commissioners approved the Willapa Bay Lead Entity's 2025 Salmon Recovery Funding Board scoring and ranking results, specifically ranking project number 25-1116 as number one on the project list. Tom Kolash (lead-entity representative) briefed the board and said the county's review is the usual step before submission to the Recreation and Conservation Office for funding consideration; the board approved the ranking.
Both actions were presented as routine approvals that enable continued work on stream restoration and habitat projects in the county and to maintain existing partnerships with conservation partners.
