Voluntary Stewardship Program

Washington State Conservation Commission's Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP) provides an alternative approach for counties to meet Growth Management Act requirements.

VSP County Resources

Welcome VSP Administrators! Access all available resources including billing and cost share information, reporting forms, training materials, monitoring resources, and more.

Understanding Critical Areas of Conservation

Protecting critical areas also helps reduce exposure to risks, such as landslides or flooding, and maintains the natural elements of our landscape.

VSP uses a watershed-focused, incentive-based, voluntary collaboration to protect critical areas of conservation, to promote agriculture, and to bring together diverse stakeholders.

VSP in Action:

Pacific

Pacific CD Protects Riparian Habitat through Fencing Project

Wildlife Habitat

Pacific Conservation District (PCD) recently worked with a landowner who completed an exclusion fence for their cattle operation.

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Recent Updates:

Click here to view VSP Updates

Nov. 1: Statewide Advisory Committee Meeting

Please join us for a meeting of the VSP Statewide Advisory Committee (SAC) on Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. in Lacey and online to discuss guidance for 10-year county reporting. Technical panel members and counties/technical service providers are also invited to join to review the 2025 Joint meeting schedule.

SCC is hiring! Seeking a VSP Coordinator

SCC seeks a Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP) Coordinator

Sept. 30: NRCS conservation practices data at HUC12 watershed scale - Overview and training

Join us for a virtual training to learn about Natural Resource Conservation Service or NRCS’s conservation practices data and approaches to utilizing this data for VSP reporting and “telling the story” of voluntary conservation.

Find Your VSP County Program

Use our interactive map to locate a participating VSP county near you and access your county's 2-year and 5-year reports and other county-specific resources.

Whitman
Walla Walla
Thurston
Stevens
Spokane
Skagit
San Juan
Pend
Orielle
Pacific
Okanogan
Mason
Lincoln
Lewis
kittitas
Grays Harbor
Grant
Garfield
Franklin
Ferry
Douglas
Cowlitz
Columbia
Chelan
Benton
Yakima
Asotin
Adams

Protecting 5 Critical Areas of Conservation

VSP programs help to preserve the natural environment, maintain fish and wildlife habitat, and protect drinking water. Protecting critical areas also helps reduce exposure to risks, such as landslides or flooding, and maintains the natural elements of our landscape.