OFP Submits Grants Report to RCO
jgiuntoli June 17th, 2009
In 2007, it was recognized by staff of the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) and the Washington State Conservation Commission (WSCC) that there was a need to provide financial and technical assistance to county planning staff to develop local farmland preservation programs. By providing support to local entities to develop agriculture strategic plans, it was hoped farmland preservation actions could be sustained over time.
To further these goals, RCO identified and set aside $200,000 from the farmland preservation portion of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) funding to be used for grants to local entities. The grant program would be administered by the Office of Farmland Preservation (OFP). There were 14 applications for the grants, from which eight were selected: Clallam, Clark, Jefferson, Kittitas, Klickitat, San Juan, Thurston, and Whatcom.
The summary results of these grants is available for download.
County Assistance Grants Final Report to RCO