The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee has recommended giving counties a second chance to join the Voluntary Stewardship Program, seen by farm groups as… Continue Reading House panel endorses voluntary conservation in Washington | capitalpress.comContinue Reading
Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday his mandatory buffer bill probably won’t pass, blaming opposition on a lack of support for cooling streams to save salmon.… Continue Reading Inslee’s mandatory buffer bill failing to move | Rural Life | capitalpress.comContinue Reading
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee’s salmon adviser Friday outlined for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission a proposal to require riparian buffers, which one commissioner… Continue Reading Inslee’s proposal mandating stream buffers seen as shift to regulations | capitalpress.comContinue Reading
Legislation advanced by Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington tribes calls for mandatory riparian buffers, with $10,000-a-day fines for landowners who don’t plant trees along creeks… Continue Reading Washington lawmakers file Inslee’s mandatory buffer bill | capitalpress.comContinue Reading
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will ask lawmakers to impose mandatory setbacks along waterways to protect salmon, a proposal that could eliminate farmland and stifle rural… Continue Reading Inslee to push for mandatory riparian buffers | capitalpress.comContinue Reading
Recently, the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting (SSWSF) Program published new 30-year hydroclimatic normal values or “normals” for snowpack and precipitation at western U.S.… Continue Reading New Snowpack and Precipitation Normals Now Available | USDAContinue Reading
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington (NRCS-WA) is hosting an informational workshop Dec. 10, 2021 in preparation for the Fiscal Year 2022 Agricultural Conservation… Continue Reading NRCS Washington to host Fiscal Year 2022 ACEP-ALE Kickoff WorkshopContinue Reading
House Democrats, acting in concert with President Biden, proposed a $1.75 trillion social welfare and climate change bill on Thursday that would combat global warming… Continue Reading ‘Build back better’ would pay farmers to plant cover crops | Successful FarmingContinue Reading
WSDA is asking the public to keep a watch for spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula), a potentially destructive pest that may have been observed in the… Continue Reading WSDA AgBriefs: State entomologists call for public help after possible spotted lanternfly detectionContinue Reading
“Soil erosion and degradation is probably the most neglected of the important environmental crises humanity faces in the 21st century,” says David Montgomery, a professor… Continue Reading Shepherd’s Grain wants a no-till future. Here’s why | Columbia InsightContinue Reading
