We’ve had a successful year
We’ve had a successful year plus some challenges As we approach the end of the current fiscal year, I’m happy to report that we haveContinue Reading
2022-05-09
Hearing Dissent
Hearing Dissent We’ve all been in a meeting where someone spoke passionately about an idea or proposal, and sometimes that passion has sounded mean-spirited orContinue Reading
2022-04-28
Is there an intersection of opportunities for elections, DEI, and rates and charges?
Intersecting opportunities for elections, DEI, and rates and charges? Over the past couple of years, WACD members have talked at length about several issues. OneContinue Reading
2022-04-14
Inclusion must also mean hearing dissenting voices
Arguments about seat belts have been going on for many years, and in the view of many people, the issue was not about safety butContinue Reading
2022-02-24
What comes first: district success or serving in leadership?
During a recent conversation with a long-standing member of our conservation district community, I began to think about a possible relationship between conservation district successContinue Reading
2021-12-06
New book: Managing to Change the World
New book: Managing to Change the World During a recent Building Better planning meeting, one of the folks brought forward a tool about delegation fromContinue Reading
2021-11-20
Why did I leave the “bestest” job ever?
Why did I change jobs? Because you asked. Several years ago, a friend asked how I felt about my job with a soil and waterContinue Reading
2021-11-09
Leaving a Legacy Through Kindness, Courage, and Conscience
The recent passing of Rock Lake Conservation District supervisor David Johnson gives me pause in several ways. We are the same age. We graduated fromContinue Reading
2021-11-04
Thank you for six great area association meetings
As the six annual meetings of Washington’s area associations of conservation districts conclude, I am reminded how incredibly lucky we are to have so manyContinue Reading
2021-10-28
Equity: where are we now?
Last year, our nation changed, and conservation districts were affected because we are part of society. It changed on May 25, 2020, with the killingContinue Reading
2021-10-18
