Rural services
 This Web site provides quick access to the variety of county services important to rural residents and links to rural towns and cities, community events and other resources.
Whether it is maintaining roads and bridges, providing flood protection, preserving farms from development or working on regulations to allow home businesses to thrive, King County is working to protect rural quality of life and provide the services people need and want.
Prepare for the rainy season at a Farm Flood Workshop
Agricultural landowners in the Snoqualmie Valley, take note! The King County Agriculture Commission and the King County Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES) Agriculture Permit Team will offer a workshop on Tuesday, October 28, from 7 to 10 p.m. (Open House from 6 to 7 p.m.) at the Sno-Valley Senior Center, 4610 Stephens Avenue in Carnation. The workshop will cover flood preparedness and flood recovery, actions allowed during an emergency and how to meet permit requirements afterwards. Attendees will also learn about new floodplain regulations for agricultural structures, floodway and floodplain mapping, flood warning systems, floodplain management and health and food safety issues. For additional information, contact Claire Dyckman, 206-296-1926 or claire.dyckman@kingcounty.gov; Joelyn Higgins, 206-296-7159 or joelyn.higgins@kingcounty.gov; or Karen Kinney, 206-263-6429 or karen.kinney@kingcounty.gov.
Green A.C.R.E. Radio
 Introducing a new KBCS Public Affairs program. Bringing you the Agricultural, Conservation, Resource, and Environmental information you need.
Green A.C.R.E. Radio is a co-production of the King Conservation District, King County Agriculture, and KBCS. It is an hour-long talk show focusing on local agricultural, environmental and natural resource issues.
Host: Martha Baskin
Engineer: Moe Provencher
Produced at Jack Straw Studios in Seattle.
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