Meet Becky Lynn Lee

Becky Lee is the founder of Timberside Conservation and a conservation-focused natural resources professional with a passion for helping landowners care well for their land.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry with a minor in Insect Science and has experience in forest stewardship planning, GIS-based field inventory, regenerative agriculture, wildlife habitat improvement, invasive species management, and prescribed grazing systems.

In addition to her consulting work, Becky helps manage her family’s farm in southeast Iowa, where livestock, pasture, forest, and conservation goals all intersect in daily life. That hands-on experience shapes the way she approaches land management: practical, observant, and rooted in stewardship.

Becky especially enjoys helping landowners understand their options, read the story of their land more clearly, and move toward management practices that support long-term health and resilience.

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Timberside Farms

Becky is proud to build upon her family’s over 100-year legacy of land stewardship. Becky is a 5th generation farmer in Southeast Iowa. Her ancestors settled in Fairfield, Iowa where they became respected carpenters. John David Lynn married Adelia Fletcher in 1921 and the two build the farm legacy outside of Brighton, Iowa that can be seen today.

Becky runs her operation in partnership with her grandparents John and Martha Lynn, and her parents Dave and Wendy Lynn. The farm crisis of the 1980s almost led to the collapse of the farm. Luckily, Becky’s grandpa was able to find a way to save the farm and in doing so, he planted over 120 acres of prairies and hardwood trees. By establishing habitat, he was able to provide for wildlife and establish a deep passion for conservation in the heart of Becky.

Timberside Farms is proud to raise:

  • Goats

  • Hair sheep

  • Cow/Calf pairs

  • Red waddle pasture pigs

  • Donkeys

  • Turkeys

The purpose of raising the livestock is to use the animals as a conservation tool to manage the land. Each animal group has a purpose. The goats eat the invasive bushes, cattle browse the grass, sheep eat the broadleaf plants the cattle leave, pasture pigs root the soil and increase water infiltration, and donkeys protect the goats from predators.