Polk County Conservation Launches New Conservation Nonprofit

Polk County Conservation launches new conservation nonprofit

Polk County Conservation and the Great Outdoors Foundation are collaborating to launch the Conservation Foundation of Polk County, or CFPC, this month, creating an independent organization to raise funds to support Polk County Conservation operations. Before the creation of the CFPC, the Great Outdoors Foundation functioned as the fundraising vehicle for Polk County Conservation. “This…

Thurston Conservation District aims to work with Yelm, other county jurisdictions to keep region ‘a great place to live’

During the public comment portion of a Yelm City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 28, TJ Johnson, Chair of the Thurston Conservation District (TCD) Board of Supervisors, highlighted the work the organization has done county-wide for 75 years, and sought partnership with the City of Yelm.For over seven decades, Johnston said that TCD has been working with private land owners to identify solutions to environmental concerns and to encourage and su…