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March 2024

In this issue:

• Upcoming events:

  • March 12: Joint VSP Technical Panel & Statewide Advisory Committee meeting, Lacey and online

  • April 9: Joint VSP Technical Panel & Statewide Advisory Committee meeting, Wenatchee and online

  • 2024 Joint meeting schedule

Check out VSP resources: 
https://www.vsp.wa.gov/

• Reminder: County monitoring plan

• Funding available:

  • VSP capital funding round open for reappropriated funds through March 26 - webinar recording available

  • Riparian Grant Program funding open

  • Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead funding opportunity

Upcoming events:

Joint VSP Technical Panel & Statewide Advisory Committee meeting

March 12, 2024, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Lacey and online

The following counties are invited to present San Juan, Skagit, Mason, Thurston, Grays, Pacific, Lewis, and Cowlitz.

Joint VSP Technical Panel & Statewide Advisory Committee meeting

April 9, 2024, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Wenatchee and online

The following counties are invited to present Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Yakima, Adams, and Grant. 

Lunch will be provided for all attendees who RSVP. Please RSVP for lunch here. 

2024 Joint meeting dates

Please save the dates for the 2024 Joint TP & SAC meetings.

• March 12, 2024 - Lacey and online
• April 9, 2024 - Wenatchee and online
• June 4, 2024 - Spokane and online
• Aug. 13, 2024 - Walla Walla and online
• Oct. 10, 2024 - Lacey and online

Reminder: County monitoring plan

SCC requires the completion of a monitoring plan for each VSP county. The monitoring plan will be required to be provided to SCC no later than July 1, 2024.

To assist counties with the creation of a monitoring plan, SCC has created the Watershed Monitoring Project Development Guide for the Voluntary Stewardship Program in Washington, Volume III (Monitoring Guide). SCC encourages the county to use the Monitoring Guide in creating the plan but will not require its use. The monitoring plan shall be designed to facilitate the collection, analysis, and reporting of information for VSP.

Funding available:

VSP capital funding round open for reappropriated funds through March 26

The Washington state legislature first provided this funding from the capital budget in the 2022 supplemental budget. VSP encourages incentive-based projects with landowners focusing on the protection of critical areas in the 27 counties that participate in VSP.

Check out the recording of the Feb. 29 webinar.

SCC Riparian Grant Program funding open

New guidelines are now in place for SCC's Riparian Grant Program (RGP). Funding is now open for Washington conservation districts to restore and maintain riparian management areas.  

Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead funding opportunity

The Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead (HSIL) will be awarding $10 million in funding this year to support restoration efforts in Puget Sound. The first funding period opens on March 25, 2024 and will award $7 million. 

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