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CHAPTER 14. KITTITAS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ANNEX <br /> 2 <br />Chapter 14. Kittitas County Conservation District Annex <br /> <br />14.1. HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN POINT OF CONTACT <br /> <br />Primary Point of Contact: <br />Anna Lael, District Manager <br />2211 W Dolarway Rd Ste #4 <br />Ellensburg WA 98926 <br />Telephone: 509-925-3352 <br />Email: a-lael@conservewa.net <br />Alternate Point of Contact: <br />Rose Shriner, Project Manager <br />2211 W Dolarway Rd Ste #4 <br />Ellensburg WA 98926 <br />Telephone: 509-925-3352 <br />Email: rose-shriner@conservewa.net <br /> <br />14.2. JURISDICTION PROFILE <br />The Kittitas Conservation District was created in 1942, followed by the Cle Elum Conservation District in <br />1948, as part of a national response to the Dust Bowl. The two districts combined in the 1960's to create <br />the Kittitas County Conservation District (KCCD). The KCCD has worked for 75 years to assist local land <br />managers to address the many challenges to long term sustainability. The KCCD serves the citizens of its <br />community (county, state, country) to ensure the long term use of natural resources in an economically, <br />socially, and environmentally sustainable manner using non-regulatory, voluntary approaches. <br />The KCCD is primarily grant funded and averages approximately 20 open grants at any time. The grants <br />are secured predominantly from state and federal sources such as the Washington State Conservation <br />Commission, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Ecology, Salmon Recovery Funding <br />Board, Bonneville Power Administration, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Over <br />the last seven years, the state and federal grants have accounted for 94% of the revenue received. The <br />remaining revenue is from local and private sources, including the Special Assessment, Kittitas County <br />Public Works and private organizations (e.g. Puget Sound Energy). The Special Assessment funding is used <br />to secure many of the state and federal grants, so although the local funds are a small part of the overall <br />revenue, they are critical to obtaining those grants. <br />Kittitas County Conservation District and other conservation districts are the ONLY organizations in <br />Washington State that routinely design and apply on-the-ground solutions to nonpoint water quality <br />problems on privately owned resource lands. Further, the technical help provided by conservation districts <br />to private landowners is free for the asking. Each conservation district is led by a five -member board of <br />volunteer supervisors - three elected locally and two appointed by the state's conservation agency, the <br />Conservation Commission. These individuals serve three-year terms, during which time they remain aware <br />of locally important natural resource or environmental issues and decide what projects their district will <br />undertake each year. Also, Kittitas County Conservation District has seven paid staff that work to <br />implement the annual and long range plans of the board of supervisors each managing several natural <br />resource concerns ranging from agriculture, water quality, soil erosion, botany, forestry and wildfire. The <br />Kittitas County Conservation District serves unincorporated Kittitas County and the cities of Cle Elum and <br />Roslyn (about 20,828 population). <br />The following is a summary of key information about the jurisdiction: <br />– Population Served - 20,828 <br />– Land Area Served - 2,333 square miles <br />– Value of Area Served - $5,725,414,660 <br />– Land Area Owned - N/A