​Whatcom Conservation District Forest Stewardship program wants to empower you to be a good steward of your forest. We can help with:

​Technical Assistance

We provide guidance, resources, and best-management practices specific to a property. We can also assist you in finding the answers to a wide variety of forestry questions you may have, including:

• The health of your forest acreage
• How to best manage your timber for current or future harvests
• Vegetation management for forest & bluff slope stabilization
• Wildlife management in your forest
• Managing wildfire risk in your forest

Forest Management Planning

As a landowner, a forest management plan (sometimes referred to as a forest stewardship plan) helps you to make the most of conservation benefits, including timber, wildlife habitat, recreation, aesthetic value, and many others, by providing a working guide for you to use well into the future. A good Forest Management Plan is a site-specific document that describes an owner’s goals and objectives, catalogues the current conditions of the property (including species composition, soils, wildlife, water, and cultural resources), identifies threats or issues of concern and provides recommended actions to achieve long-term forest management goals.