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Research in Seattle-area creeks has discovered tire bits shedding lethal amounts of a little-known, salmon-killing chemical called 6PPD-quinone.

About 555,000 acres of forests in Washington were damaged by last year’s intense summer heat, foliar diseases and beetles

Spring chinook are continuing to make an impressive showing at Bonneville Dam.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) have confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) – also known as bird flu – in a non-commercial backyard flock in Pacific County.

A handful of states are considering expanding their conservation easement programs, which offer tax breaks to landowners in exchange for giving up development rights to their farms and natural lands.

Sustainable Fams and Fields will use $2 million to help fund climate-smart farming practices April 2022

Instead of focusing on disagreements, Moore urged stakeholders in federal forest management to focus on a common culprit: Wildfires that threaten their environmental and economic value. “Unless we address the overcrowding we have out there, we are not going to be able to address health and resiliency,” he said.

This year’s Wildfire Ready Neighbors program is now in progress after launching in the city of Chelan’s Union Valley area this week.

No Farms No Food: Uniting Farmers and Environmentalist to Transform Agriculture by Don Stuart, published today by Island Press, recounts the history of American Farmland Trust and its success uniting disparate interests

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Bringing salmon back to the Upper Columbia River will take a lot of time and a lot of money, according to the Upper Columbia United Tribes.