Snohomish Conservation District's Wet Feet Farming initiative and Bountiful Buffers program are making waves in the local farming community!
Wet Feet Farming aims to rejuvenate water-logged farmlands by integrating perennial crops that thrive in damp conditions— allowing farmers to increase productivity, improve climate resilience, diversify income streams, and enhance biodiversity. Snohomish CD also runs the Bountiful Buffers program, which combines traditional riparian buffers (trees planted along fish-bearing rivers/streams to improve salmon habitat) with agroforestry practices that enhance biodiversity and produce food, medicine, and other materials.
Snohomish CD is working with other districts in the region to spread awareness of agroforestry practices throughout the Puget Sound.
Thank you for your work, Snohomish Conservation District!
In an arid landscape dominated by dryland grain production and rangeland, this pilot focuses on reducing soil loss, improving water availability, and supporting habitat health. By tracking conservation practices and applying watershed tools, the work helps partners better understand how voluntary conservation supports resilient working lands under changing conditions.
In a working lands landscape shaped by dryland farming, grazing, and irrigated agriculture, this pilot focuses on reducing erosion, keeping soil on the land, and improving stream and habitat conditions. By tracking conservation practices and applying watershed tools, the work helps partners better understand how voluntary conservation supports resilient farms and healthy watersheds.
Within a productive agricultural landscape shaped by dairy and crop production, this pilot focuses on improving water quality, managing nutrients, and reducing flood risks. Monitoring and conservation tracking help partners understand how voluntary conservation supports both farm viability and long-term watershed health.
