Member Jurisdiction Grant Program Awards $802,000 in 2024

In 2024, King Conservation District awarded $802,655 for 14 conservation projects across King County.

Visit the Member Jurisdiction Grant Program page to learn more about the program, see funds available for your city, and submit a new grant application.

$20,000.00 to Auburn for the 2024 Auburn Farmers Market (AFM) – Marketing & Demonstrations
Through an aggressive marketing campaign, gardening, cooking, and healthy living demonstrations, the Auburn Farmers Market plans to increase access to local farm products and healthy living practices to the South King County community.

$76,011.00 to Bellevue for the Bellevue Well KEPT 2024
Grant funding for the 2024 season of the Bellevue Well KEPT (Kids Environmental Project Training) program.

$26,500.00 to Bellevue for the 2024 Mercer Slough Blueberry Farm Spiraea douglasii (Hardhack) Treatment
The City of Bellevue has systematically and methodically treated aggressive hardhack with KCD funds over the past three years at the Mercer Slough blueberry farm. With 90 % of the farm now successfully complete, we plan to continue these efforts.

$15,000.00 to Des Moines Farmers Market for the 2024 Senior Low Income Healthy Eating Initiative
Our unique Senior Low Income Healthy Eating Program helps King County low-income senior participants purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, bread and other qualifying food items at the Des Moines Farmers Market through weekly $10 free market tokens.

$50,000.00 to Environmental Science Center for the 2024-25 Environmental Heroes
Environmental Science Center will increase public awareness of watershed health and salmon habitat protection through student field study programs. Students (and families) learn positive behavior changes to improve water quality of the Salish Sea.

$15,000.00 to Environmental Science Center for the Renton Community Education and Outreach
The Environmental Science Center will bring free water quality programming to the Renton general public. These programs will raise awareness and promote behavior change about methods to address and reduce stormwater pollution in their neighborhoods.

$51,000.00 to Issaquah for the Green Issaquah Volunteer Coordinator & Tradition Plateau Forest Management Plan
Expanding Green Issaquah by engaging more community members in stewardship & education. Funding will be used to increase the Green Issaquah Volunteer Coordinator position to 0.75 FTE and develop a forest management plan for Tradition Plateau.

$95,070.00 to Kent for the Urban Natural Resources Management Program – Phase 2
Continued establishment of a Kent Parks Natural Resources Management Program. Funds will support increased site management, environmental education, and community engagement at Green Kent sites as we continue program building.

$234,541.00 to King County for the Agriculture and Forestry Programs 2024
The Agriculture, Forestry, and Incentives Unit, part of the Department of Natural Resources and Park, supports multi-jurisdictional efforts to conserve working farms, forests, restore habitat for fish and wildlife, noxious weeds, acquire open space.

$47,500.00 to Kirkland for the Windsor Vista Park restoration site maintenance
Funding is requested to contract a restoration crew to maintain 33,000 square feet of restoration sites at Windsor Vista Park. Sites were cleared of invasive vegetation and replanted with native forest species between summer 2022 and winter 2024.

$9,000.00 to Kirkland for the Urban Tree Canopy Cover Update
Kirkland last updated our tree canopy data in 2017. We have a goal of updating this data every 5-6 years to obtain new information on the status of our urban forest. We would like to hire a consultant to update data using the 2023 NAIP imagery.

$44,440.22 to Mid Sound Fisheries for Salmon Bay Shoreline Restoration Design and Landowner Outreach for New Project Development
The proposed project comprises two parts: 1) design and permitting for Salmon Bay Shoreline Restoration Design and 2) landowner outreach for the development of an additional salmon habitat restoration project (or projects) in a WRIA 8 priority area.

$78,693.00 to Sammamish for the 2024-2026 Stormwater Outreach
On behalf of the City of Sammamish, Triangle Associates will adapt and provide classroom stormwater workshops and interactive community event booths incorporating lessons learned in 2023-2024. Outreach will align with regional messaging.

$39,900.00 to Tukwila for the Tukwila Environment Report: Status Brief + Action Plan
The Tukwila Environment Report proposal is a communication package designed to serve as an information source and roadmap for increasing understanding and support for Tukwila’s natural environment by filling resource and knowledge gaps.

Help spread the word about KCD Member Jurisdiction Grants. Many cities have additional grant funds available to them. Nonprofits can partner with a city for a conservation project. Nonprofit organizations and other groups can manage the grant requirements on behalf of the city. To learn more about what types of projects KCD funds, please contact Jessica.Saavedra@kingcd.org via email, call 425-773-9065, or schedule a meeting with her via Calendly.

KCD is made up of thirty-five Member Jurisdictions (34 cities and unincorporated King County). A portion of KCD’s revenue collected from Member Jurisdictions is set aside as grants for conservation projects prioritized by that Member Jurisdiction. Jurisdictions can utilize the funds for city-led conservation projects, partner with a nonprofit organization to carry out a conservation project or contract with KCD to utilize the funds for an urban forestry project.

You can see previous projects awarded here. To see funds available for your city in 2025 click here.

Member Jurisdiction Grant Program