Special Announcements

WADE Conference Deadlines This Week!

WADE Employee of the Year Nominations Deadline extended to Wednesday, May 13

Employee Of The Year Nomination Form Celebrate that stand-out employee or co-worker with a nomination for WADE Employee of the Year!
Nominations are accepted for any WADE member (past and current CD employees, WACD and WSCC employees), and anyone can submit a nomination.

WADE Board Member Self-Nominations Due Friday, May 15 @ 5pm

The WADE Board has several open positions! For 2026, the following positions are up for election:

Co-President 1
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Director 1 (Finance Committee Chair), and
Director 2 (Conference Coordination Committee Chair)

You can read more about each position here: WADE Board Job Descriptions

This year, potential candidates are asked to complete the WADE Board Self-Nomination form in order to be considered for a position. Candidates will need to have their district manager's approval in order to apply.

APPLY HERE --> WADE Board Elections - Board Member Self-Nomination Form

Nominations will be accepted until Friday, May 15, 2026 at 5pm. Nominee information will be shared with WADE members ahead of this year's conference, and a written vote will be taken onsite at the conference. Look for your ballot at the registration table at WADE!

Climate Tools Survey

The Center for Technical Development is partnering with the Washington State Conservation Commission to host a webinar with staff from the Washington State Climate Office at the University of Washington, planned for Fall 2026.

This survey is intended to help identify topics and questions most relevant to conservation district staff so the webinar can be as useful as possible.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey by Tuesday, June 30.

Survey link HERE.

NEW — District Staff Opportunity: CTD Training Events Coordinator

Are you an organized people-person who could use some additional funded work? CTD is looking for a Training Events Coordinator - no technical background needed.

CTD is expanding capacity for our statewide training efforts and is looking for an outgoing, detail-oriented district staff member to step into a part-time Training Events Coordinator role through a CTD Work Agreement. If you are energized by keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes, we'd love to hear from you!

You'll coordinate logistics, manage timelines, support participants and instructors, and serve as the primary point of contact from planning through event day. No technical or instructional background needed, just bring your event planning and organizational skills. Day-to-day work includes scheduling, venue/training site coordination, travel arrangements, materials, registration, and outreach.

Work is completed under a CTD Work Agreement (ILA) between your home district and Underwood Conservation District (host for CTD); you remain an employee of your home district. Current funding supports approximately 0.25–0.5 FTE through June 30, 2026, depending on availability and compensation, with continuation expected based on available funding beyond that date. The role includes some reimbursed in-state travel within Washington.

If this sounds like you or someone on your team, please contact Jan Thomas at training@wactd.org.

Post-Fire Assessment and Recovery Training Opportunity!

Join us for a comprehensive post-fire assessment and recovery training this spring, presented by WA Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR), Okanogan Conservation District, and the CTD. A 6-week lunch-and-learn webinar series begins Wednesdays in late April and culminate in a hands-on training held in late June. This multi-faceted training is designed to build practical skills in post-fire assessment and recovery for foresters and land managers from conservation districts, WA DNR, and NGOs. REGISTER HERE. For more information go to the upcoming webinars under the Training Events page.

Recently Posted:

ArcGIS Training Series: This training series gives you the practical skills to use GIS in conservation work. Learn to create maps, run basic spatial analyses, collect field data, and build ArcGIS Online tools using real examples. The series can be found in the Training Library HERE.
Carbon Planning Template. You can see the training videos HERE. The templates with instructions can be found HERE.
The Conservation Pro Toolkit Webinar Series - Held May 2025 via Zoom. Find the full series with presentation materials in the Training Library on the Conservation Planning tab HERE.
Making Soils Data Actionable: Soil Chemistry Meets Biology: Nitrogen Credits - Held March 25, 2025 via Zoom. Find the webinar recording HERE.
Making Soils Data Actionable: Precision agriculture technology and data - Held March 18, 2025 via Zoom. Find the webinar recording HERE.
Making Soils Data Actionable: Soil physical properties - compaction - Held March 11, 2025 via Zoom. Find the webinar recording HERE.

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