Habitat and Restoration

Public Works | Natural Resources Division

Our Programs and Projects

Skagit County is home to several programs that protect and restore habitat and water quality. Some of these programs can provide funding and assistance to give you an opportunity to protect our valuable natural resources, too.

Bright red coho salmon swimming in a shallow creek.

Fish Passage Improvement

Our work to improve fish passage throughout Skagit County.

A person in safety gear using a weed wacker to cut down blackberry bushes.

Natural Resource Stewardship Program

The Natural Resources Stewardship Program (NRSP) provides grant funds and technical help to you as a landowner for projects on your property that improve water quality.

A creek full of large wooded debris and bordered by a grassy slope.

Restoration Projects

Some of our current and recent large-scale projects.

A large, bright green sea anemone in a tidepool.

Skagit Marine Resources Committee

Skagit Marine Resources Committee is an advisory committee dedicated to protecting, enhancing, and restoring our marine resources.

A cow looking over the top of a wood and wire fence.

Voluntary Stewardship Program

The Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP) connects you as an agricultural landowner to funding for projects on your property that improve water quality.

Voluntary Stewardship Program

Taylor Scott
Voluntary Stewardship Program Coordinator
(360) 630-9355
taylors@skagitcountywa.gov

Natural Resource Stewardship Program

Emily Derenne
Habitat Restoration Project Manager
(360) 416-1449
emilyjd@skagitcountywa.gov

General Questions

Jenn E. Johnson
Natural Resources Division Manager
jennej@skagitcountywa.gov

Address

1800 Continental Place
Mount Vernon, WA 98273