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1) Leaders don’t have to have all the right answers. 2) Good leaders are willing to be curious by asking others for their insights and ideas. 3) Leaders who ask questions model a learning culture.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 7, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today at Lincoln University that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is delivering on its promise to expand markets by investing $1 billion in partnerships to support America’s climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.

But on Monday, she left for a job as director of the Pierce County Conservation District. Coggon leaves a prolific mark in the fight to push back against invasive plant species in Kitsap County.

Lack of processing facilities, high land costs vex county farmers

The buffer bill fell victim to a deadline for legislation to pass either a Senate or House committee. Bills that didn't clear that first hurdle were set aside for the rest of the session.

The smolts that were discovered missing on Sunday accounted for about 64% of Lyons Ferry Hatchery’s Wallowa stock summer steelhead and less than 8% of the overall hatchery steelhead production in the Snake River basin

Learn about Kittitas County Conservation District, what it does, what it is, who can benefit from its work, and why its Board of Supervisor elections are held outside the general ballot elections.

It is not uncommon to see the group with the least privilege expected to change its behavior to help achieve equity in an organization. Rarely does anyone feel safe and included in any dynamic where they are the only ones expected to change.

...the application period is now open for the program, called the WSDA Local Meat Processing Capacity Grants. The deadline to apply for a small project grant, with funding available up to $150,000, is Feb. 28, while the deadline for large project grants, eligible for funding between $150,000 to $750,000, is March 7.

House Bill 1727 would do away with the elections that many voters forget

Spring and summer will be cool and wet in the Pacific Northwest as the La Nina weather pattern lingers

A recent report shows an explosion of growth of a non-native species in the Columbia River.

But two years in, many teams have new members, and some are being completely reformed. Do you trust the new people as much as you did the folks you already knew?

Oregon scientist Laurie Weitkamp is preparing to depart on the largest research expedition of its kind in the North Pacific Ocean with scientists from around the world who want to learn more about salmon as climate change is causing unpredictable changes in the species.

The larger proposed change is House Bill 1727, which would get rid of most elections in odd-numbered years.

About a dozen people recently helped Gittleson trudge through the deep snow to put up 3 miles of fladry around a pasture near his ranch house.

This winter, a team of plant researchers is giving the Umtanum desert buckwheat new hope. Researchers and volunteers planted a second outcropping at the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy near Yakima.

Washington ranchers told legislators Thursday they were betrayed and blindsided by the Department of Ecology's plan to require livestock owners to have a water right to draw stockwater from creeks and rivers.

On Aug. 24, 2020, 68% of the western United States experienced extreme levels of air pollution caused by wildfire smoke and rising heat

Walmart said Tuesday it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first large U.S. retailer to significantly invest in indoor vertical farming as a way to deliver fresher produce to its stores.

If the Legislature doesn't intervene, nonprofits and churches won't be able to host weekly farmers markets anymore without losing their tax-exempt status.

Mandatory riparian buffers sought by Gov. Jay Inslee could take up more than 11,000 acres of farmland in Skagit County and nearly 5,000 acres in Lewis County, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture.

The Washington State Department of Ecology wants you to learn more about their plans for protecting the Nooksack River.

EQIP-CIC is designed to be a stepping-stone between EQIP and the Conservation Stewardship Program