St. John’s O’Keefe elected to state conservation commission

Clinton O’Keefe of St. John has been elected as vice-chair of the Washington State Conservation Commission (WSCC). The WSCC is an independent state agency that works with conservation districts to help landowners protect and restore natural resources using incentive-based practices. O’Keefe was elected to the commission in 2012 to represent Washington’s eastern region. He is a wheat farmer and serves as Chair of the Palouse-Rock Lake Conservation District.

The commission re-elected James Peters as Commission Chair. A resident of the Olympia-area and member of the Squaxin Island Tribe, he was appointed to the Commission by Governor Gary Locke in 1998.