The Palouse River Watershed Implementation Partnership has been awarded a $5.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. The grant… Continue Reading Funding environment brightens for Palouse conservation groupContinue Reading
SPOKANE — A new, year-round farmers market is slated to open in the spring of 2025 on the Spokane Conservation District grounds, part of plans… Continue Reading Spokane Conservation District plans year-round farmers marketContinue Reading
The Okanogan County Water Bank is starting to take shape, with a grant awarded for the first water right to “seed” the bank. Okanogan County… Continue Reading Okanogan County Water Bank gearing up for initial depositsContinue Reading
Dan Richardson, Underwood Conservation District’s Firewise coordinator, likens wildfires to physical ailments. Specifically, Richardson describes how fire was once viewed as acute, such as a… Continue Reading Fighting fire with Firewise: Columbia River Gorge towns push for more wildfire safety practices (Underwood CD)Continue Reading
TONASKET – The Okanogan Conservation District has been working with local ranchers Derek and Austin Olma and the Confederated Colville Tribes to restore 2.5 miles… Continue Reading Conservation District, Colville Tribes and ranchers work together to restore Antoine Valley Creek | Okanogan Valley Gazette-TribuneContinue Reading
Farming is a way of life in Lewis County, and the Lewis Conservation District is looking to help make sustainable farming easier for county residents,… Continue Reading No-Till Drill Seeding Machines Now Available to Rent at Farm Store Thanks to Lewis County Conservation District Program – The Daily ChronicleContinue Reading
Douglas County shares the sunny skies, rolling hills, and vast acres of farmland that define much of Central Washington. Home to many locals with longstanding… Continue Reading “Watershed” moment: successes in wetland restoration and regenerative farming in Douglas CountyContinue Reading
WASHINGTON- The Community Wildfire Defense Grant is funding 14 projects to reduce wildfire risks in the state of Washington. The money will go to communities… Continue Reading $25 million to help reduce wildfire risks in WAContinue Reading
Historically Western White pine came into the region less than 10,000 years Before Present (BP) during the Moderate Glaciation period as the glaciers receded and… Continue Reading Western White Pine, A Tree of the Past for the Future | The Journal of the San Juan IslandsContinue Reading
The Spokane Conservation District’s 50-acre conservation and business campus, dubbed 8th Avenue Quarry, is entering a new stage of development with a goal to bring… Continue Reading Conservation district campus enters new stage | Spokane Journal of BusinessContinue Reading
