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Conservation Stories: Tristin & Derek Stanbro
Are you wondering what it’s like to work with Whatcom CD? Read on to learn about Tristin and Derek and their Farm Planning experience! Q:...
Mar 23, 20212 min read


Conservation Stories: Marshmallow Farm
Are you wondering what it’s like to work with Whatcom CD? Read on to learn about Jeff and Rebecca and their Farm Planning experience! Q:...
Feb 12, 20213 min read


Conservation Stories: Lydia & Jared Strand
Are you wondering what it’s like to work with Whatcom CD? Read on to learn about Lydia and Jared Strand and their farm planning...
Jan 13, 20213 min read


Conservation Stories: Roger Edmonds
Roger Edmonds has been an active member of the Whatcom County equine community for many years, serving as a founding board member of the...
Dec 16, 20202 min read


Conservation Stories: Jen and Leslie Heron
Are you wondering what it’s like to work with Whatcom CD? Read on to learn about Jen and Leslie Heron and their Farm Planning experience!...
Nov 18, 20205 min read


Conservation Stories: Raegen Miller
After a career as a teacher, education researcher, and policy specialist, Raegen Miller is now developing a small Custer farmstead. His...
Oct 19, 20202 min read


Conservation Stories: Robin Probst
Robin Probst is current the vice president of the Whatcom County Dressage and Eventing Association. Her partnership with Whatcom ...
Sep 16, 20202 min read


Conservation Stories: Ten Fold Farm
Are you wondering what it’s like to work with Whatcom CD? Read on to learn about Tiffany Bell and her Farm Planning experience. Q: How...
Aug 12, 20202 min read


Conservation Stories: Michele Bennett
Are you wondering what it’s like to work with Whatcom CD? Read on to learn about Michele and her Farm Planning experience. Q: How long...
Jul 20, 20202 min read


Conservation Stories: Rebecca Cayen
Hats off to Rebecca Cayen, a Columbia Valley resident who is leading the charge to make her community safer from wildfire and help ensure...
Jul 7, 20201 min read


Conservation Stories: The Bryan Family
Bruce and Linda Bryan are watershed stewards doing their part to protect habitat along a tributary of Terrell Creek. The Conservation...
Jun 3, 20201 min read


Conservation Stories: Don Hrutfiord
Don Hrutfiord runs a beef operation along with his wife Mary and son Chris near Drayton Harbor, just south of Blaine. Since the...
Apr 9, 20202 min read


Conservation Stories: Darrell Ambrose
In the early 1900’s Darrell Ambrose’s great grandfather settled onto land adjacent to the Samish River, just south of Acme, to start a...
Feb 12, 20202 min read


Conservation Stories: Haphazard Homesteading
Casi, Chamisa, Abigail, and Brian are an extended family that moved to Whatcom County in 2018 ready to start their farm journey. And...
Nov 26, 20191 min read


Conservation Stories: Jackie Yereance and Bill Dalzell
As the Treasurer for Whatcom County Backcountry Horsemen, Jackie Yereance and her husband Bill Dalzell, have shown great leadership in ...
Nov 26, 20191 min read


Conservation Stories: Pete Amell
After a career in forestry in Idaho, Pete and Denise Amell and their four horses have retired to five acres in the Jordan Creek...
Nov 6, 20191 min read


Conservation Stories: Terry Plake
Terri Plake has been keeping horses and trail riding in Whatcom county for more than twenty years. After boarding horses with friends...
Nov 6, 20192 min read


Conservation Stories: Caitlyn Honcoop Tuben
Growing up on a Raspberry Farm in Lynden, WA, Caitlin Honcoop Tuben had plenty of experience with rural land management. But, her...
Nov 6, 20191 min read


Conservation Stories: Amanda Boblet
In 2014, Amanda and her husband Shane purchased their ten acre farm in Ferndale. On this new site, Amanda, Shane and their three children...
Aug 29, 20192 min read


Whatcom Conservation District is Proud to Nominate Local Farmer for Conservation Award.
Whatcom Conservation District nominated Rich Appel of Appel Farms for his environmental leadership in the Whatcom County agricultural ...
Nov 30, 20182 min read
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