Voluntary Stewardship Program News Today

Submitted by the League of Women Voters Observer Corps

A county program that provides assistance to agricultural landowners has about $500,000 in state funds burning a hole in its pocket, and a year and half to find landowners to

RITZVILLE – The Adams County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday for their regularly scheduled meeting to discuss the location of a new Adams County Sheriff’s Office evidence storage building, temporary assignment of a law enforcement officer and an agreement with the Columbia Basin Conservation District...

After the supposedly bipartisan buffer bill failed to make it out of committee, State Senator Keith Wagoner hopes his Voluntary Stewardship program expansion will help.

After the supposedly bipartisan buffer bill failed to make it out of committee, State Senator Keith Wagoner hopes his Voluntary Stewardship program expansion will help.

The Buffer Bill is back and, according to Washington Policy Centers Ag Research Director, Pam Lewison, its better, but not perfect.

A pair of bills in Olympia, one in the House and one in the Senate, are revisiting the buffer bill that, Washington Policy Center Ag Research Director, Pam Lewison believes needs much more discussion before a plan can be finalized.

Submitted by The San Juan Islands Conservation District.

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new “Strategic Roadmap (Roadmap),” describing a suite of ongoing and future agency actions to address per- and...

February 15, 2021 A Sentinel-2 image of an area in Whitman County, showing green vegetation (white) with streamside areas outlined yellow. Source: Google Earth Engine. By Scott Weybright College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash.— Washington State University researchers are using satellites and drones to help local conservation districts monitor areas near rivers and streams to help improve agricultural sustainability. The BIOAg project, part of WSU’s Cente...