About Us

Council Officers

Bill Gillespie, Chairman North Yakima Conservation District

Dick Story, Vice Chairman City of Zillah

Mike Richardson, Secretary/Treasurer Master Gardeners Foundation

Next Board Meeting: January 8th (annual meeting) more info

Council Members

Betsy Bloomfield The Nature Conservancy	Lynn Brown Kittitas County Conservation District	L.J. Dacorsi City of Prosser
Ron Gamache Yakima County	David Gerth Kittitas Conservation Trust	Walter George South Yakima Conservation District
Luz Bazan Gutierrez Rural Community Development Resources	Mark McClain Kittitas County	Glenn Miller Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group
Louis Musso Upper Kittitas Park & Recreation, District No. 1	Philip Rigdon Yakama Nation	Frank Sweet City of Selah
Blanca Alvitres (alternate) Center for Latino Farmers	Julie Conley (alternate) The Nature Conservancy	Anna Lael (alternate) Kittitas County Conservation District
Brandon Rogers (alternate) Yakama Nation	Becca Wassel (alternate) Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group

Committees

YTAHP

The Yakima Tributaries and Habitat Program (YTAHP) is made up of a core group of individuals who work together to plan and implement salmon habitat restoration projects. Click Here for more information

Environmental Education

This committee was recently formed to address continued needs in environmental education in our local communities. Please check back for future meeting times and events or Contact Us if you want to get involved.

Area and Annual Plans

Area Plan

Planning and implementation are the central functions of the RC&D Council and NRCS partnership. The Area Plan serves as a strategic plan for the SCW RC&D Area for a five-year period. The plan documents the goals that the Council wants to accomplish through the RC&D Program based on well-defined needs and opportunities. Area Plans must describe the needs and opportunities facing the Area as they relate to each of program elements: Land Conservation, Water Management, Community Development, and Land Management.

Let us know what you think! We appreciate public input on the needs and opportunities here in our region.  Please fill out and send us the attached Area Plan Survey form [ 368 KB]. We will compile this information to be used when creating our next 5-year Area Plan.

There are other ways that you can be involved in the development of the Area Plan for 2010-2014. For more information, please Contact Us.

Area Plan, 2005 - 2009 [pdf 1.0 MB]

Annual Plan

The Annual Plan of Work is the operational and management tool to implement the Area Plan. It is used to direct the yearly schedule of work toward specific objectives established in the Area Plan. The Plan is an implementation schedule of the highest priority projects and activities that can be accomplished in the immediate future. We are currently creating the 2009 Annual Plan of Work. If you would like to review and comment on a draft of this plan, please Contact Us.

Annual Plan - 2008 [pdf 85 KB]

Download a copy of the Bylaws [pdf 85 KB]

Sponsors

The success of the South Central Washington Resource Conservation & Development Council lies in its Sponsors and Partners. Sponsors have the opportunity to help guide Area Planning, bring projects to the Council, and develop partnerships with other RC&D sponsors. If you, or your organization, are interested in being a sponsor of the SCW RC&D, please fill out a sponsorship application or give us a call (see contact info at bottom of page).

Download the Sponsorship Application [pdf 309 KB]

Yakima County	Kittitas County	Yakama Nation
City of Zillah	City of Selah	Natural Resources Conservation Service
United States Department of Agriculture	North Yakima Conservation District	Kittitas County Conservation District
Kittitas Conservation Trust	Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group	Benton County Conservation District
The Nature Conservancy	WSU Master Gardeners Foundation	Rural Community Development Resources
National Association of RC&D Councils	Pacific Rim Regional Association of RC&D Councils	South Yakima Conservation District
City of Prosser	Upper Kittitas Park & Recreation District No. 1

Previous Board Meeting Minutes

Natural resources now and for the future!