Highlights from the state’s first year of documenting native pollinators include a record-size carpenter bee found in Benton County and the discovery of a bee species in central Washington that was previously known only from colonies in the Tri-Cities area.
A 115-year-old canal in the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District that was severely damaged during a wildfire last year is now at imminent risk of failure.
Washington State University’s viticulture and enology department, based on the Richland campus, is now endorsed as a state workforce program, giving it access to new grant and student recruitment opportunities.
A higher than anticipated run of summer Chinook salmon will allow for recreational fishing in the Upper Columbia River, though the state has further limited daily sockeye catches in the Upper and Mid-Columbia due to fewer fish than expected.
A source of between a quarter to one third of the irrigation water used across eastern Washington is shrinking right beneath our feet, according to recent research conducted by Washington State University.
Chateau Ste. Michelle’s top red winemaker grew up in the Tri-Cities visiting farms with his dad so it makes sense a career in the wine industry was what he was destined for all along.
These Pasco hay farmers diversified their farm 20 years and now grow thousands of ornamental trees for landscapers, contractors, nurseries and retail customers.
The seven-part initiative, titled the National Farm Security Action Plan, is based on the idea that “farm security is national security,” according to a preamble to USDA’s written plan.
