Extension leader Todd Murray to direct WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center
WSU alumnus leads team integrating watershed science, agriculture, urban landscape management, human health.
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Chad Kruger to oversee WSU’s Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
Chad Kruger, current director of WSU’s Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center (NWREC) in Mount Vernon, the Puyallup Research & Extension Center, and the Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural Resources (CSANR), will become the…
New from Extension: Healthy fruit trees, soil, peonies
Every month, WSU Extension scientists write and share free publications that help Northwest gardeners, farmers, and communities solve challenges and improve homes, landscapes and local agriculture.
WSU economist receives variety of professional acclaim
PUYALLUP – WSU economist Karina Gallardo has had a banner year with a prestigious professional organization. She has served as a co-editor of the Journal of the Food Distribution Research Society (FDRS), was elected incoming president of FDRS, and received the Patrick J. Byrne Award for Emerging Leadership. “I’m truly honored by the trust my […]
Salmon are dying from toxic stormwater runoff, Puget Sound area residents can help scientists figure out why
Lacey, Wash.- Salmon exposed to toxic stormwater runoff can die in a matter of hours, and scientists are asking for Puget Sound area residents’ help in identifying affected streams to study the phenomenon. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) and Washington State University (WSU), collectively called the […]
Saving salmon in the wild – is chum the king?
WSU researcher Jenifer McIntyre is trying to solve the mystery of why, in the same toxic stormwater brew that killed coho salmon in less than three hours, their chum cousins did just fine.
Q&A: WSU animal scientist helps Northwest dairies
On the farm and in the lab, Joe Harrison works to improve the dairy industry.
How does your rain garden grow? Best plants for the Pacific Northwest
As long as it is carefully placed and holds the right soil mix and suitable plants, you too can have a rain garden, regardless of where you live.
Stormwater pollution: Solutions within reach
“The health of Puget Sound is threatened, and the time to act is now.”
Purple needle eater threatens noble fir holiday boughs, trees
Noble fir, the iconic tree of holiday greenery, is under attack by a disease known as purple needle eater. The mysterious disease attacks new growth, causing needles to turn purple and die.
