Election Results!
(unofficial)

Two candidates are running in this year's Whatcom Conservation District Supervisor Election;

Larry R. Helm

Jayne Uerling

For more information on candidates click links on their names.

There are two ways for you to cast your vote:

1.  Vote in-person in the District's conference room at 6975 Hannegan Road, Lynden, WA.

          - Other location maps; JPEG, PDF

          - Voting location on office diagram

2.  Voting by mail.  The time for requesting a mail in ballot expired on Wednesday, February 29th at 4:00pm.  A cuttoff was necessary to ensure time to process the requests, mail out the ballots and the voters to receive, vote and return a ballot by mail. 

Some folks have asked why we did not mail out ballots to every registered voter in Whatcom County.  The simple fact is that the District cannot afford the postage to do this every year.  The District does not have an assessment (per parcel or per acre charge to landowners).  Rather, nearly all of our programs and activities are supported by grants.  The grants do not provide enough margin to sustain much beyond accomplishing grant tasks and deliverables.
 We appologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.  If you have any questions or comments, please call the District's Executive Director, George Boggs, at 360.354.2035x115.  Thank you.

Do you want to become a WCD Supervisor or Associate?

Each Conservation District is governed by a board of five supervisors who are all local residents. Our current board is a diverse group of people who are interested in natural resource management, including a beef producer, a dairy producer, a small animal veterinarian, a retired forester and a retired educator. Click here to meet our current board members.

Conservation districts are a special district chartered under RCW 89.08 etseq to develop and implement programs to protect and conserve Soil, Water, Prime and Unique Farmland, Rangeland, Woodland, Wildlife, Energy, and other renewable resources on nonfederal lands. Districts also stabilize local economies and resolve conflicts in land use.

If you want to get involved or become an associate supervisor contact the district or attend the monthly board meetings.  Our Board meets at 7:00 pm on the second Wednesday of each month in our conference room.

Supervisor Role & Responsibilities

• Identify local natural resource conservation needs and develop and evaluate programs to meet them.
• Educate and inform landowners, farm operators, the general public, and local, state and federal legislators on conservation issues and programs.
• Supervise other volunteers and paid staff working with the District and coordinate with other agencies that partner with the District.
• Administer the District by delegating tasks through a structure of board officers and committees. Budget district funds and report on activities to the public.
• Coordinate assistance and funding from Federal, State, and local government, District associations, and private groups.
• Set policy for staff to implement.

Time Required

• A Supervisor’s term of office is three years. Supervisors are expected to attend 12 regularly scheduled board meetings per year, committee meetings, and other special meetings, for an average of 20 days/year.

Benefits

• Satisfaction in seeing conservation practices applied locally
• Interaction with others who are passionate about natural resource conservation
• Ability to provide input to local, State, and Federal conservation programs
• Training through the Washington Conservation Commission and the Washington Association of District Employees.

For more information on what a Supervisors/Board Members responsibilities are click here.

If you have any questions regarding elections or serving on the Board, contact Dawn Bekenyi at wcd@whatcomcd.org or 360-354-2035 x 101.