The Clallam Conservation District is locally governed by a 5 member board of Supervisors. Our Board of Supervisors provides leadership, oversight, and vision for Clallam CD’s work.
Board supervisors generously volunteer their time to help represent, lead, and serve the CD. They oversee policy, financial and district operations.
Board of Supervisors Structure
Supervisors serve three-year terms.
All supervisors must be registered voters in Clallam County.
Five supervisors serve on the board:
Two are appointed by the Washington State Conservation Commission, at least one of whom must be a farm owner or operator or local landowner.
Three are elected locally by registered voters in Clallam County, at least two of whom must be a farm owner or operator or local landowners.
Board Members
Meet the dedicated volunteers who help guide our mission.
Christy Cox, Chair
Christy has served on the Clallam Conservation District board with pride for three years, and she looks forward to serving many more. In her years on the CCD Board, Christy has spent time as the Board Chair and Auditor along with leading subcommittees on elections and human resources.
In her work life, Christy owns and operates Olympic Roots Farm, a small regenerative farm on six acres at the base of the Olympic Mountains. Christy utilizes no-till practices to feed our community healthy, naturally grown produce through a CSA subscription program and vending at the Port Angeles Farmer’s Market.
Christy is married to the love of her life, Kasia, mother to four amazing children, a loving aunt to 7 nieces and nephews, and the pup parent to one well-fed farm dog, Waldo.
Being the first openly queer supervisor on the CCD Board, Christy brings a unique perspective and a tenacious attitude. As a farmer, an environmentalist, and a mother, she cares deeply about local resource conservation and restoration and believes that we can accomplish significant positive change in Clallam County, together.
Maggie Bockart, Supervisor
Maggie recently moved to Forks to work as a Restoration Biologist for the Hoh Tribe, where her focus is repairing in-stream habitat and healing damaged riparian zones to improve overall ecosystem health and support local salmon runs. A proud Bird Nerd, Maggie grew up camping and hiking all over the country, and any free time she has is spent exploring the rainforests of the OP, improving her plant identification skills, and making sure her 12lb Jack-russel terrier mix isn't trying to fight a bear. With professional experience ranging from grassroots nonprofit management and community outreach to environmental impact surveys and habitat delineation, Maggie is eager to help build healthier and more resilient communities throughout Clallam County through collaboration and collective action between neighbors; she is confident that through education, determination, and a desire to build a liveable future for us all, we can create communities that protect our limited natural resources through reciprocal economies and sustainable practices.
Wendy Rae Johnson, Auditor
Wendy Rae Johnson is a retired small business owner. She is a soil advocate and climate solutions educator. She moved to Port Angeles with her husband in 2020 and is active in community service. She enjoys learning, teaching, volunteering, rowing crew, gardening, hiking, backpacking, biking, traveling and being outdoors in the beauty of nature.
After extensive training with the Soil health Academy, she sought to apply her skills in her local community, so she started volunteering on local farms and was elected to the CCD Board in the spring of 2023. She believes conservation and restoration is the most important solution for the future and stewardship is the responsibility of her generation.
Port Angeles is her forever home and volunteering for the betterment of the community is deeply rooted in her values. She is grateful to be a part of conservation on a local level at CCD.
Collin McAvinchey
Collin McAvinchey joined the CCD board as an interim supervisor in Spring 2026. Collin received his BA from Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College and received a Master of Environmental Studies degree from The Evergreen State College.
Collin has spent the entirety of his professional life dedicated to natural lands management and conservation; serving at local, state, and federal conservation agencies in salmon habitat restoration, stewardship forestry, and invasive species management. Collin currently works as a service forestry specialist with the Washington Department of Natural Resources in Port Angeles.
In his free time, Collin volunteers with a global turtle research and conservation organization that employs community science to study and protect freshwater turtles. He also enjoys playing folk music around Western Washington, getting (safely) lost in the woods while hiking on the peninsula, and cooking (what he hopes is) delicious food for his friends and family.
Collin is deeply committed to the health of the Olympic Peninsula’s people and landscapes and is honored by the opportunity to serve his community in this capacity on CCD’s board.
Ben Smith, Vice Chair
Bio coming soon.
Get Involved in Conservation Leadership
Attend a board meeting, learn about upcoming elections, and discover how you can help guide the future of Clallam Conservation District.
“Whether it's fencing, riparian planting or septic assistance, all of these are huge to our community. And Clallam CD builds the relationship and trust to make these projects happen.”
— Lori Delorm, Natural Resource Technician at Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and member of the Clallam CD Board of Supervisors