Freshwater Shorelines
Learn how to beautify and care for your residential property along a stream, lake, or wetland and provide essential wildlife habitat.
Urban Shorelines & Riparian Habitat Improvement Services
KCD’s aquatic area protection and enhancement programs offer technical assistance and project implementation services to urban landowners with freshwater shoreline and riparian habitat on their property.
Rural Shorelines & Riparian Habitat Improvement Services
KCD offers aquatic area enhancement services to help livestock and agricultural landowners protect and improve the health of streams, rivers, wetlands, lakes and ponds.
Watershed-Based Programs
KCD provides technical and financial assistance to landowners in all five of King County’s major watersheds. Specifically, KCD had done focused work in Boise Creek, White River and Newaukum Creek areas.
Wetland Plant Cooperative
KCD’s Wetland Plant Cooperative provides wetland emergent plants to individuals, organizations and agencies in trade for volunteer service at the nursery or in-kind contributions such as soil, lumber or pots.
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Agricultural property owners interested in protecting and enhancing fish habitat can participate in a federally funded land rental program that compensates lost production based on a “soil rental rate” and provides up to 100% of the funding needed to plant a stream buffer.
Fish Barrier Replacement Program
KCD assists family forest landowners to participate in Washington State Department of Natural Resources’ Family Forest Fish Passage Program, which provides funding to replace road culverts and other stream barriers that prevent fish from reaching upstream habitats.
Farm Conservation Planning
Whether you’re a livestock owner or a crop producer, KCD Resource Planners can help you develop a plan that will meet your land use goals and protect the natural resources on your property. This service is offered free of charge.
Landowner Incentive Program
KCD provides landowners with cost-share assistance to support implementation of conservation practices on private property.
Discovery Farms®
KCD’s Discovery Farms® program will evaluate the effectiveness of on-farm conservation practices implemented by KCD and our cooperators.
Workshops
KCD offers in-person, online, and go-at-your-own-pace education opportunities. Topics include streamside restoration, marine shorelines, planting with native plants, wildfire preparedness, agricultural stewardship, and more.
Shore Friendly King County (external link)
Shore Friendly King County (SFKC) is a collaborative of restoration and conservation agencies and organizations working together to bring Shore Friendly tools and assistance to homeowners in King County. Comprised of staff in four King County departments, King Conservation District, and Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group, SFKC provides assessment and education to shoreline owners to encourage consideration of armor removal and nearshore habitat improvements. Shore Friendly is a program under the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Recovery Project, which is run by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and in partnership with the Estuary and Salmon Recovery Program.