Snoqualmie Valley Agricultural Strategic Plan

Plan mission and vision

This plan’s scope of work was created by Fish, Farm, Flood (FFF), but it is also a stand-alone agricultural plan to guide support for agricultural needs in the Snoqualmie Valley Agriculture Production District (SVAPD) over the next 25 years. In March 2019, the Agriculture Task Force was formed and convened by King County Agriculture Staff. The task force worked on the problems facing the commercial farming sector in the SVAPD in managing the agriculture land resource for farming productivity. The task force brings experience from farmers and industry professionals in the commercial farm sector:

• Farmer organizations: SnoValley Tilth and Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance;
• Agency agriculture policy advisors: King County Agriculture Commission;
• Special purpose districts: Snoqualmie Valley Watershed Improvement District and King Conservation District;
• Educational institutions: Washington State University Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources; and
• The FFF Implementation Oversight Committee (IOC).

Plan contents

Full document - Snoqualmie Valley Agricultural Strategic Plan

Abstract and Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Acknowledgements
Overview

Issue Papers
1.A. Introduction and Profile of the Commercial Agriculture Sector in the SVAPD

1. Improved Farmland Productivity
  1.1 Drainage
    1.1.1 Drainage Maintenance for ADAP Eligible Waterways
    1.1.2 Drain Tiles
    1.1.3 Flap gates, Floodgates, and Pumps
    1.1.4 Culverts
    1.1.5 Drainage Maintenance for non-ADAP Waterways
    1.1.6 Beavers

  1.2 Flood Safety
    1.2.7 Flood Safety for Farms: High Ground Refuge and Farm Pads
        1.2.8 Home Preservation in the APD

  1.3 Irrigation
    1.3.9 Water Rights and Irrigation

  1.4 Transportation
    1.4.10 Revetments
    1.4.11 Transportation and Bridges

  1.5 Climate Change
    1.5.12 Climate Change Predictions
    1.5.13 Invasive Species

2. Increased Farmland Protections
  2.1 Population Growth and Development Impacts
    2.1.14 Population Pressure

  2.2 Wildlife
    2.2.15 Elk and Deer (See also 1.1.6 Beavers)
    2.2.16 Aquatic Species

  2.3 Farmland Preservation
    2.3.17 Farmland Preservation

  2.4 Proposed Acreage for a Long-Term, Viable Sector
    2.4.18 Acreage Challenges, Needs, and Recommendation

Appendices (Download All)

1. Principles of the Plan
2. Sub-goals of the Plan
3. Objectives
4. Table D: Issue Papers by Values and Themes
5. Table E: Issue Papers by Plans and Entities
6. Table F: Strategies by Values and Themes
7. Table G: Sub-goals and Issue Papers by Priority Ranking of Importance
8. Table H: Common Acronyms
9. List of Leads and Partners for Plan Implementation
10. Tables, figures and maps

Members, Agricultural Land Resource Strategic Plan Task Force

• Patrice Barrentine, Coordinator, King County Water & Land Resources Division (KC WLRD)
• Janet Keller, Jordan Jobe, Carrie King, King County Agriculture Commission
• Andrew Stout, Erin Ericson (alternate), Snoqualmie Valley Watershed Improvement District (SVWID)
• Janet Keller, Lauren Silver (alternate), Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance (SVPA)
• Libby Reed, Dave Glenn (alternate), SnoValley Tilth
• Bobbi Lindemulder, Fish, Farm, Flood Implementation Oversight Committee
• Jordan Jobe, Washington State University Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources, Puyallup Research and Extension Center
• Carrie King, King Conservation District (KCD)

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