An editorial in Thursday’s Seattle Times about the rocky start for the state’s biofuels industry and a decline in demand for biodiesel comments on the importance of WSU biofuels/bioproducts research. A gardening column in the June 5 Washington Post on gardeners’ overuse of mulches cites the research of horticulturist Linda Chalker-Scott and includes quotes from […]
A feature in last Sunday’s Vancouver Columbian on the fashion impacts of the “Sex and the City” TV program and new movie quoted WSU Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textile’s Carol Salusso. Today’s Everett Herald includes an article on sewing classes taught by the Snohomish County Extension Clothing and Textile Advisors. The Extension Energy Program’s Mike […]
Thursday’s Skagit Valley Herald included a story about the Skagit County Master Gardeners Foundation’s fundraising efforts to install, secure and maintain the memorial at the NWREC commemorating Memorial Highway. Friday’s Skagit Valley Herald listed Saturday’s Memorial Highway monument dedication at the NWREC in its calendar of Memorial Day weekend events. Sunday’s Everett Herald quotes Snohomish […]
Thursday’s Seattle Times reported that the University of Washington will merge six academic disciplines including its forestry school to form a College of the Environment, saying it will be the largest environmental college in the world. Dan Bernardo is one of the primary sources quoted in a Seattle Post-Intelligencer business column last Monday about the […]
The Tri-City Herald was among the media covering Thursday’s dedication of the new Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory at WSU Tri-Cities. Friday’s Everett Herald included a story on the WSU Camano Island Beach Watchers’ Fourth Wednesday lecture series. KOHO-FM radio in Leavenworth last week aired an in-depth interview with Kevin Powers about the benefits for […]
Last Monday the Associated Press reported on the possibility of the WSU undergraduate program in forestry being eliminated, with comments from Department of Natural Resources chair Keith Blatner. A story in Nature on how climate change is affecting hops production includes comments from WSU Prosser’s Steve Kenny and cites research being done by WSU. Tacoma […]
A news release issued by the governor’s office last Monday announced that WSDA director Valoria Loveland will retire May 5. Deputy director Robert Gore will serve as interim director until a permanent director is hired. KXLY radio’s NewsScope program on Thursday interviewed Eric Olson of Olson’s Honey in Yakima for an hour about the threat […]
Separate articles in the Saturday and Sunday Seattle Times about the growing interest in and value of solar energy installations both included quotes from the Extension Energy Program’s Mike Nelson. On Thursday KOMO-TV in Seattle reported on the mysterious disease that is killing bees and noted that WSDA is in the process of requesting emergency […]
Kim Patten and Steve Shepherd are among those quoted in a Friday Seattle Times front-page story about how declining bee populations in the state because of a new pathogen could jeopardize crops. The Tri-City Herald reported on Wednesday that the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation awarded a $250,000 grant toward development of the regional science, […]
A front-page story in Wednesday’s Seattle Post Intelligencer reported that Bay Valley Foods, producers of Nalley, Farman’s and Steinfeld’s brand pickles, has canceled contracts to purchase cucumbers from Skagit Valley farmers. Today’s Seattle Times includes an editorial in support of the establishment of the Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory in Tri-Cities. A number of media […]