The Washington State Conservation Commission is floating a plan to revise the state’s primary clean-water policy by assigning conservation districts an official role in working with farmers to keep water clean. Environmental groups are attacking the idea, accusing the commission of trying to undercut the Department of Ecology. Conservation commission policy director Ron Shultz said the goal would be to help farmers, not dilute Ecology’s authority.
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Washington may expand role of conservation districts