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State Conservation Commission
Capital Overview
The State Conservation Commission is responsible for guiding and
assisting forty-eight conservation districts in Washington State.
Conservation districts are political subdivisions of state government.
Each district is governed by a five-member board of volunteer
supervisors, three of whom are locally elected and two appointed
by the Commission. Districts have broad authority and powers
to undertake local programs of natural resource conservation and
improvement. The majority of funding for the districts comes
from the state Water Quality Account and is appropriated to the
Conservation Commission for pass-through grants to districts.
The 1997-99 Capital Budget continues funding for programs to control
dairy waste and non-point source water pollution.
Capital Plan Highlights
- Grants are provided to conservation districts statewide to
address non-point water quality issues.
- Funding is provided to continue the dairy waste management
technical assistance program for dairy operators. The program
also provides funds to be used by local conservation districts
as cost-sharing with individual dairy operators to implement dairy
waste best management practices.
- Grants are provided to conservation districts in the Puget
Sound region to carry out programs to protect and enhance the
water quality of Puget Sound.
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