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Initiative for Rural Innovation and Stewardship
The Initiative for Rural Innovation and Stewardship works with the community to teach development for sustainable rural communities and natural resources-based economies by implementing projects across North Central Washington. One project they have done is Classroom in Bloom which is a one-half acre farm on a shared campus for the Methow Valley. Initiative for Rural Innovation and Stewardship has three programs that they take part in, Regional Food Systems, Nature of Place in North Central Washington, and Healthy Lands. These programs help the community though education, promote biodiversity in the ecosystem, and produce and promote exchange of food in North Central Washington.
Organization Type: NGO
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(509) 881-1812
Address
P. O. Box 4563
Wenatchee, WA 98807
Methow Conservancy
“Methow Conservancy has protected 7,388 acres and 26.45 miles of critical riparian shoreline habitat along the Methow River and its tributaries. Methow Conservancy works with landowners to care for their land and monitor their easement lands. A monthly natural history lecture series is hosted monthly to raise awareness about conservation issues.”
Organization Type: non-profit orginization
Website
Telephone
(509) 996-2870
Address
The Methow Conservancy
315 Riverside * PO Box 71
Winthrop, WA 98862
Washington Conservation Commission
The Washington Conservation Commission leads Washington State residents to us wise stewardship, conservation practices and to protect our soil, water, and other related natural resources by implementation of incentive-based practices where agricultural viability is still intact.
The Washington Conservation Commission works on many programs that work towards their goal. These programs are, Farmland Preservation, Irrigation Efficiencies, Livestock Program, Professional Engineering, Rule Making, Voluntary Stewardship, Water Quality Grants, The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program: Changing Stream Corridors Throughout Washington (CREP), and Conservation Practices Data System (CPDS).
Organization Type: Government
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Telephone
(360) 407-6200
Address
300 Desmond Drive - Lacey, WA 98503
Tilth Producers of Washington
From their website: Tilth Producers promotes ecologically sound, economically viable and socially equitable farming practices that improve the health of our communities and natural environment.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
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Telephone
(206) 632-7506
Address
Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Avenue N #305
Seattle WA 98103
Mountains to Sound Greenway
Mission: “The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust leads and inspires action to conserve and enhance the landscape from Seattle across the Cascade Mountains to Central Washington, ensuring a long-term balance between people and nature.”
Vision: “An iconic 1.5 million-acre landscape that conserves a healthy and sustainable relationship between land and people by balancing built and natural environments. A landscape providing places for nature and wildlife, for outdoor recreation and education, for working forests and local agricultural production, while embracing vibrant urban areas with strong economies. A landscape supported by a broad cross-section of society, working together as an effective coalition to preserve this heritage for future generations.”
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(206) 382-5565
Address
911 Western Ave, suite 203, Seattle, WA, 98104
Seattle Tilth
Mission: To inspire and educate people to safeguard our natural resources while building an equitable and sustainable local food system.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
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(206) 633-0451
Address
Seattle Tilth Association, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N, Suite 100, Seattle, WA98103
Idaho OnePlan
As stated by their official website:
Idaho OnePlan provides data and software to help growers develop a single conservation farm plan that can be pre-endorsed by the various agencies, streamlining and simplifying the regulatory process that farmers face.
Idaho OnePlan is a multi-agency project to combine government regulations and current best management practices for agriculture into a single plan, integrating federal, state, and local regulations for:
•Nutrient, Pest and Waste Management
•Water Quality and Wetlands
•Air Quality
•Financial Assistance
•Endangered Species
•Petroleum Storage Tanks
Organization Type: Non-Government Organization
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Telephone
(208) 332-1790
Address
650 State St. Room 145, Boise ID 83720
Washington Natural Resources Conservation Service
Description:
With the mission of “Helping People Help the Land,” the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides products and services that enable people to be good stewards of the Nation’s soil, water, and related natural resources on non-Federal lands. With our help, people are better able to conserve, maintain, or improve their natural resources. As a result of our technical and financial assistance, land managers and communities take a comprehensive approach to the use and protection of natural resources in rural, suburban, urban, and developing areas.
Since the 1930’s, NRCS has worked with conservation districts and others throughout the U.S. to help landowners, as well as Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments and community groups. NRCS has six mission goals: high quality, productive soils; clean and abundant water; healthy plant and animal communities; clean air; an adequate energy supply; and working farms and ranch lands. To achieve these goals, the Agency implements these strategies:
• Cooperative conservation: seeking and promoting cooperative efforts to achieve conservation goals.
• Watershed approach: providing information and assistance to encourage and enable locally-led, watershed-scale conservation.
• Market-based approach: facilitating the growth of market-based opportunities that encourage the private sector to invest in conservation on private lands.
In Washington:
Spokane, WA. (Feb. 14, 2013) — Private landowners and tribes working to increase crop residues, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve soil health on their farm, may apply for conservation financial and technical assistance, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today.
SPOKANE, Wash. (Feb. 6, 2013) – Today, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced they are seeking project proposals for the Pacific Salmon Habitat Improvement Partnership (PSHIP) to assist with restoration of habitat and improve water quality for salmon in the Puget Sound. NRCS will work with federal, state, and local governments, tribes, and non-governmental organizations to identify willing landowners on working lands.
SPOKANE, Wash. (Feb. 6, 2013) – March 15 is the second application cut-off date for the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP), USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today. Since 1996, FRPP in Washington State has provided over $15 million in Federal funds combined with roughly $18 million from private and public sources for a total of $33 million to preserve over 9800 acres of rich farmland on 96 parcels
For more information on these projects, click on the links.
Washington NRCS, Olympia Chapter
Organization Type: Government Agency
Website
Telephone
(360) 704-7740
Address
1835 BLACK LAKE BLVD SW STE B
OLYMPIA, WA 98512-5715
Oregon Tilth
From their website: Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit research and education membership organization dedicated to biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture. Oregon Tilth offers educational events throughout the state of Oregon, and provides organic certification services to organic growers, processors, and handlers internationally.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
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Telephone
(503) 378-0690
Address
260 SW Madison Ave., Suite 106, Corvallis, OR97333