Mission
Underwood Conservation District empowers voluntary, locally-led natural resource stewardship, helping ensure thriving communities, land, and water for future generations in Skamania and western Klickitat counties.
Underwood Conservation District (UCD) provides non-regulatory conservation services to district landowners and residents. This includes technical assistance, information and education, project assistance, and monitoring within the district. The district works with willing and interested landowners in implementing conservation practices. Where natural resources thrive, people thrive.
As one of 45 conservation districts in Washington state, UCD is a special purpose district that administers programs for the productive use and conservation of natural resources. UCD is supervised by a 5-member Board of Supervisors, which provides guidance and direction to district staff.
Through a variety of avenues, UCD solicits public input in order to update our Annual Work Plan and Long Range Work Plan. These guiding documents are updated on a regular schedule, as appropriate. Read all about the wonderful work CDs are doing across the state, in partnership with the Washington State Conservation Commission, in the latest statewide Biennial Report here; find UCD on page 41.
Location
Office Location
Our office is located in downtown White Salmon:
171 NW Washington, White Salmon, WA 98672
(in the Park Center Building)
Please feel free to stop by during our core office hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Occasionally, you'll find all of us out in the field, so please call ahead if you are making a special trip.)
District Boundary
Since its inception in 1940, UCD has grown several times. The District's boundaries now encompass the western third of Klickitat County and all of Skamania County. If you live anywhere in Skamania County or in Klickitat County west of the Klickitat River you are in UCD's district area. If you live outside this area, we can help you find the conservation district that serves you. See a map of all conservation districts in the state here.
The Roots of UCD
Underwood Conservation District (UCD) was established in 1940 when concerned orchardists and farmers from the area around Underwood Mountain gathered to discuss irrigation needs, the decline of forest productivity, and the impacts that development was having on their land – increasing soil erosion and degrading water quality. The meeting resulted in a partnership between the Soil Conservation Service (a Federal USDA Agency, now called the Natural Resource Conservation Service) and private landowners, which created the locally-run conservation district.
