The Conservation District provides certified USDA-NRCS farm and forest planners to help private landowners meet land management goals. A Forest Plan helps landowners meet their goals and attain a future landscape that they have in mind for their forested land. Forest Plans increase the health of each forest, help protect the natural resources on private property, and can improve water quality downstream. A Forest Plan helps to sustain forest both environmentally and aesthetically. Landowners don’t have to be a commercial operation to benefit! We work with all sizes of forestlands. San Juan Islands Conservation District services are free without obligation as we are a non-regulatory, non-enforcement subdivision of the State of Washington that administers programs to conserve natural resources.

Contact the San Juan Island’s Conservation District. We will schedule a site visit with you on your property. We will listen to you, the landowner, so we can find the best way to assist you reach your goal of a vital and improved forest! Once the initial draft of a forest plan is developed, you will review suggestions made by the Forest Planner. Together, you and the Forest Planner may make changes to the plan. Once the plan is finalized, you and the planner will develop an implementation schedule that works for you to accomplish the actions outlined in your forest plan.

​Technical Assistance is the foundation for all conservation projects. See what the process looks like here.