WACD Reading List

OLYMPIA — The Bear Gulch Fire has been burning for nearly a month in the southeast part of the Olympic Peninsula, sending smoke drifting into the Puget Sound region.

For business owner and chef Samantha Gimlin, the journey to bringing high quality Italian food products to the region began with communal dinners with her neighbors.

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take another look at whether Montana and Idaho can be trusted to manage wolves. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy […]

The Agriculture Department is slashing regional offices and centralizing staff into five new hubs across the country.

As forecasted temperatures near triple digits and the peak months of fire season approach, the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning that will be in effect from 1 p.m. on Tuesday through 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Washington’s handful of Walla Walla sweet onion farmers are right in the thick of harvest. “I would say we have an average to slightly-above average crop,”  […]

The Pomas Fire in northern Chelan County is now expected to burn all summer, according to incident managers

The area of afflicted trees shows an increase of nearly 30,000 acres from 2023.

OPB’s guide to wildfires in the PNW

The national wildfire preparedness level increased to 3 early June 21, on a scale from 1 to 5. Higher numbers indicate a boost in fire activity, more conditions associated with […]

The Clark County comprehensive plan defines a vision for the next 20 years of development. The process has created debate over what’s more important in Southwest Washington: open space or new homes.

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easily be a fly, wasp or hornet. Even some moths have evolved to mimic bees.

Adams County Fire District #5 says crews responded Tuesday evening to the brush fire on State Route 26 intersecting with Hays road.

Flooding caused by frozen soil on the Palouse in February was one of the largest events in 30 years, Pacific Northwest soil scientists say. Historically high stream flows across the […]

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act on June 11 for the Rowena Fire west of The Dalles, Ore., in the Columbia River Gorge. The fire, which started […]

Tree restoration may have “higher climate change mitigation potential” than previously thought thanks to trees’ atmospheric effects, the researchers write.

Thanks in part to your support, the right to repair is now law in Washington.Gov. Bob Ferguson signed two bills guaranteeing Washingtonians' right to access tools, parts, and information so they can fix personal electronics, appliances, and wheelchairs. This is the epitome of common-sense...

Washington state has already declared some areas in drought. There’s not enough snowpack in many areas, and much of it is melting out faster than expected.

The U.S. needs more jaguars. One organization has a unique approach to making that happen, as Vox environmental correspondent Benji Jones explains.

Andy Juris seeds his spring soft white wheat fields with a hulking John Deere tractor outside of Bickleton, Washington. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:50) Read Inky black […]

It's a bird!

The deal, awaiting Gov. Ferguson’s signature, includes $4.3B in new taxes on businesses, financial assets and technology, and boosts K-12 funding.

A federal judge has ordered ordered leaders of USDA to resume processing grants already awarded under the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and to refrain from further “freezing, halting or pausing” already appropriated funds.

Drought impacts in the Yakima Basin have far-reaching effects for the rest of the state. The region’s agricultural economy generates $4.5 billion each year, producing 71% of the nation’s hops, 63% of apples, 62% of cherries, and significant portions of other crops like pears, raspberries, blueberries, and asparagus, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Monarch population doubled after weather improvements, habitat restoration, land management improvements, Texas Commissioner Sid Miller, Texas DA said

For two decades, farmer John Burk has been working to improve the soil on his farm in Michigan, taking a few extra steps to make it more resilient and productive. His efforts have paid off. “When we have the dry, hot summers or lack of rainfall, our crops can sustain the dry spells better. We […]