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The Stillaguamish Tribe gives its river north of Seattle room to roam
KUOW
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February 10, 2026
Wildfire prevention bill encouraging farmer-insurance partnerships advances in Washington Legislature
Apple Valley News Now
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February 6, 2026
Bell named new Washington Farm Service Agency state director
Capital Press
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January 6, 2026
In Washington orchards, immigration crackdown sows fear and uncertainty
The Washington Standard
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December 29, 2025
Dairy Roadmap A Climate Roadmap for Washington State Dairy
WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources
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December 23, 2025
These farmers are producing record crops despite droughts and floods
Reuters
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December 15, 2025
Flood victims begin recovery and cleanup while more wind, rain are in the forecast
Whatcom News
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December 13, 2025
Federal government grants emergency aid for Washington flood response
HeraldNet
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December 12, 2025
Flood surge forces evacuations, closes roads in Benton City, W. Richland
Tri-City Herald
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December 12, 2025
USDA Launches New Regenerative Pilot Program to Lower Farmer Production Costs and Advance MAHA Agenda
United States Department of Agriculture
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December 10, 2025
Washington farmers donate 7 tons of produce to Blackfeet Nation
Capital Press
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November 19, 2025
Washington Ecology plan seen as path to mandatory riparian buffers
Capital Press
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November 7, 2025
WSU report suggests hanging solar panels over apple orchards
Capital Press
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November 5, 2025
Blending solar power into farms shows promise
WSU Insider
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November 4, 2025
USDA transfers $13B into ‘slush fund’ for future tariff relief
Government Executive
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October 30, 2025
Washington Farm Service Agency director Wyss fired, reason unclear
Capital Press
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October 30, 2025
‘A mistake and a disservice to farmers’: Top USDA official in WA fired with no explanation
The Spokesman Review
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October 30, 2025
Telling the Story: Washington Conservation Districts Make the Case for Sustainable Wildfire Resilience
National Association of Conservation Districts Blog
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October 29, 2025
Chehalis Basin Strategy online open house to end Oct. 31
The Chronicle
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October 29, 2025
Small farmers seek Skagit’s big magic
Salish Current
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October 15, 2025
Too many apples? Overproduction worries cast cloud over WA harvest
Yakima-Herald Republic
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October 13, 2025
Bird flu hits Washington egg layer facility with 2 million birds
Capital Press
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October 10, 2025
Report shows Washington ag income has dropped to 43rd place
Capital Press
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October 1, 2025
Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan
The New York Times
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September 25, 2025
Displaced in the fields: Domestic farmworkers and the cost of immigration shifts in the Pacific Northwest
The Wenatchee World
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September 23, 2025
Opinion: Two local farms step up for hungry neighbors
Yakima Herald-Republic
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September 23, 2025
September 2025 Washington Soil Health Initiative Newsletter
Washington Soil Health Initiative
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September 16, 2025
WA’s Wenatchee River Valley is the perfect place to grow pears
The Seattle Times
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September 15, 2025
WA governor counting on Jesse Jones to improve how the state serves residents
Washington State Standard
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September 15, 2025
WA farmers suffer after feds cut program to provide schools with local fresh foods
KUOW
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September 10, 2025
Immigration policies and labor needs: A look at the growing reliance on H-2A workers in the Pacific Northwest
The Wenatchee World
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September 8, 2025
Washington remains top apple producer; harvest conditions favorable
The Wenatchee World
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September 1, 2025
The No. 1 problem facing Washington farmers
Washington State Standard
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September 1, 2025
Farmland Legacy Program commemorated
Go Skagit
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August 29, 2025
Short Film Highlights Importance of Mentorship for Beginning Farmers
ATTRA
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August 25, 2025
Leaning into land access for this new generation
AgDaily
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August 21, 2025
‘Getting worse’: Washington releases ag mental health report
Capital Press
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August 19, 2025
Farmland Values Up, While Cash Rents Stable
PWNW Ag Network
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August 14, 2025
Agricultural Viability in Puget Sound
American Farmland Trust
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August 14, 2025
Rare Eastern WA flower has bloomed since the ice age. It’s close to extinction
Tri-City Herald
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August 13, 2025
European green crab management season update
The Daily World
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August 12, 2025
Biochar yields triple win for cotton: Healthier soil, less water, and 87% less nitrogen runoff
Anthropocene
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August 8, 2025
Near-record apple crop predicted for Washington -- if enough workers can pick it
Yakima Herald-Republic
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August 8, 2025
As the wheat harvest progresses, prices are ‘stubbornly low’
Capital Press
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August 7, 2025
Looking at ag mental health
Columbia Basin Herald
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August 7, 2025
Report: WA lost more than 3,700 farms in 5 years; lawmaker blames regulations
The Center Square
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August 6, 2025
Washington State Braces for ‘Inevitable’ Megafire. Climate Change May Bring It Sooner.
Seattle Times
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August 6, 2025
How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could help Washington farmers
Cascade PBS
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August 4, 2025
Baker River sockeye storm back in record run — overcoming 2 dams
Seattle Times
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August 3, 2025
Clean Prosperous updates map to search Climate Committment Act projects
HeraldNet
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August 2, 2025
In wildfire-prone Washington, ‘collaboration’ on forest management gives way to timber interests
Washington State Standard
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August 2, 2025
Bear Gulch fire in Olympic National Forest expands, prompting Level 3 evacuation
The Olympian
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August 1, 2025
FDA opens emergency loans for Eastern Washington farmers battling drought
AppleValleyNewsNow.com
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August 1, 2025
New, rare bees found in WA for statewide Atlas project
Fox13
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August 1, 2025
Irrigation canal critical to Yakima Valley is at risk of failure after wildfire damage
Washington State Standard
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July 23, 2025
‘Floating wetlands’ launched on local ponds
Methow Valley News
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July 3, 2025
Washington Grown Features SFF on pg. 4!
Washington Grown Magazine
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May 31, 2025
Longtime Spokane Conservation District leader ushers in year-round farmers market
Capital Press
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May 22, 2025
NACD Announces $17.5 Million in Outreach and Technical Assistance Grants for 161 Conservation Districts
National Association of Conservation Districts
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May 22, 2025
Decline of South Puget Sound prairies are a conservation priority in Thurston County
JOLT | The Journal of Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater
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May 12, 2025
After Setting Roots 90 Years Ago, NRCS Continues to Grow Its Conservation Legacy
United States Department of Agriculture
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April 21, 2025
Climate change coupled with migration of non-native species pose threat to Northwest fish
Washington State Standard
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April 7, 2025
USDA cuts hit small farms as Trump showers billions on big farms
Washington State Standard
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April 6, 2025
Washington’s snowpack falls short again, raising drought concerns
My Northwest
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April 3, 2025
Seattle rainfall grows more intense with climate change
Axios Seattle
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April 2, 2025
The case of the missing hooligans: a Cowlitz River mystery
KUOW
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March 26, 2025
Conservation District conducts tour of key sites
The Daily World
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March 25, 2025
Effort Begins to Launch Web App to Enhance Groundwater Data Collection in Moses Lake and Columbia Basin
Source ONE News
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March 18, 2025
Rosalia 4-H builds birdhouses
Whitman County Gazette
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March 13, 2025
Commissioners vote to opt county into voluntary agricultural program
The Wahkiakum County Eagle
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March 13, 2025
Washington state veterinarian: Federal bird flu shift overdue, industry leading changes
Capital Press
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March 10, 2025
Trump’s funding freeze puts Skagit County farms on slippery slope
Seattle Times
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March 6, 2025
Washington state’s costly salmon recovery effort heads toward mediation
The Spokesman Review
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March 3, 2025
WA’s costly salmon recovery effort heads toward mediation
Seattle Times
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March 1, 2025
Did you know WA has humpback whales? Here’s when, where, how to see them in the Salish Sea
The Bellingham Herald
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February 25, 2025
First wildfire protection plan in Thurston County coming in 2025
JOLT
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February 21, 2025
Local Conservation’s Perseverance During Federal Overhaul
Whitman Wire
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February 20, 2025
Fields & Streams: The struggle to save both in Washington's Skagit Valley
Washington Grown Magazine
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February 20, 2025
The Historic Petersen Farm Becomes Part of GPC’s Conservation Legacy
Great Peninsula Conservancy
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February 18, 2025
Can Washington’s agriculture industry survive on H-2A workers?
Wenatchee World
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February 18, 2025
Billions of dollars at stake for farmers hit by Trump funding freeze, pause on foreign aid
Washington State Standard
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February 17, 2025
Major federal boost to Spokane’s tree planting effort could be on chopping block
The Spokesman Review
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February 7, 2025
Research illuminates growing extinction threat for southern resident orcas
Seattle Times
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February 3, 2025
Cantwell introduces act to improve wildfire forecasting tools
The Wenatchee World
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February 3, 2025
Snohomish County delays decision on changes to habitat ordinance
HeraldNet
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January 17, 2025
7 takeaways from Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s inaugural address
The Washington State Standard
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January 15, 2025
Los Angeles has never seen this level of destruction: ‘Everything is burned down’
Los Angeles Times
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January 10, 2025
Yakima County’s two-year ban on solar may continue
Washington State Standard
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January 9, 2025
As Erosion and Floods Swallow Buildings, Washington’s Coastal Communities Strain to Adapt
The Daily Yonder
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January 9, 2025
Controversial state land transfer in Spokane is approved
Washington State Standard
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January 8, 2025
Economy ‘Perfect storm’ of factors hits Washington apple farmers, driving bankruptcies, consolidation
Washington State Standard
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January 5, 2025
Skagit farmland preservation efforts buck WA trend of agriculture loss
Cascadia Daily News
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January 2, 2025
Famous orca mom carries another dead calf around Puget Sound
KUOW
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January 1, 2025
Brin disease found in more Washington deer
Capital Press
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December 30, 2024
Is releasing balloons harmless fun? Utility officials say no
Komo News
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December 30, 2024
WDFW announces new boating rules to protect Southern Resident killer whales
My Bellingham Now
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December 30, 2024
NW hops value, production, acreage shrink during 2024
Capital Press
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December 30, 2024
Preliminary CD Election Study Findings
WACD | The HUB
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December 11, 2024
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