Agricultural Drainage Projects Site Visit - September 4th от King Conservation District
King County Councilmember Kathy Lambert toured farms in the Duvall area on Friday, September 4th, to learn about drainage issues impacting local farmers and projects under way through the King County Agricultural Drainage Assistance Program (ADAP). Other tour participants included King County staff and King Conservation District staff and supervisors.

In early 2015 KCD received funding from the King County Flood Control District to help increase landowner participation in ADAP. The first two stops on the tour were at sites where ADAP projects have been completed. At the third stop, work is set to begin next week on a project that will improve drainage for three adjoining farms in Cherry Valley. In total, this year's projects projects will clear 1,030 linear feet of clogged drainage ditches and return 165 acres of farmland to full production.

A key element of the program has been a survey of farmers in the county's agricultural production districts. More than 120 landowners responded to the surveys and they reported drainage problems impacting an estimated 3,434 acres of land.

Primary causes of poor drainage are accumulated sediment and vegetation in drainage ditches and blockage of drainage channels. Beavers were also identified as an increasing problem, with Snoqualmie Valley landowners reporting drainage problems on 2,200 acres as the result of beaver dams.

For more information, see the KCD Agricultural Drainage Program: www.kingcd.org/programs-agricultural-drainage.htm
and the King County Agricultural Drainage Assistance Program: www.kingcounty.gov/environment/waterandland/stormwater/agricultural-drainage-assistance.aspx. 
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