ELLENSBURG, Wash. – The Washington Farm Forestry Association will hold its annual meeting on May 29-30 at Ellensburg and Cle Elum. The May 29 portion of the meeting will be held at the Kittitas Valley Event Center in Ellensburg. A field day at the Wanechek Tree Farm just east of Cle Elum is scheduled the […]
SULTAN, Wash. – Whether your forest is a backyard with just a few trees or hundreds of acres, growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms can be a satisfying and profitable venture. In the Pacific Northwest there are about a dozen commercially viable species including oyster, shiitake, and maiitake that can be grown using many of our […]
EVERETT, Wash. – Starting this month the Washington State University extension programs of Snohomish and Skagit counties will offer their Forest Stewardship Coached Planning series. This is the only scheduled 2009 offering of this popular class in the north Puget Sound area. Woodland owners from around the region are invited to attend this nine-week short-course. […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. – Once the tool of the professional logger, the chainsaw has become an everyday tool for a wide variety of individuals. Homeowners use them to cut firewood. Forest owners and farmers use them for pruning, thinning, and harvesting trees. Contractors clear land and landscapers use them for tree and shrub pruning and removal. […]
Washington State University and the University of Idaho extension programs plan two days of trainings and discussion specifically for foresters who primarily work with family forest owners Jan. 22 in Spokane and Jan. 23 in Coeur d’Alene. On Thursday, Jan. 22, a three-hour tree farm inspector training will be held beginning at 9 am at […]
Whether your forest is a backyard with a few trees or hundreds of acres, growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms can be a satisfying and profitable venture. In the Pacific Northwest, there are about a dozen commercially viable species including oyster, shiitake, and maiitake that can be grown using many of our native trees. However, ensuring […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Extension’s forestry and wildlife educators have scheduled a series of “Ties to the Land” workshops across the state in November and December to help families plan the orderly transfer of privately owned forestland from one generation to the next. “We have scheduled them close enough together so that family […]
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. – Commercial thinning for productivity, protection and profit will be the theme of a field day for family forest landowners, scheduled Saturday, Oct. 4 at a privately owned forest near Leavenworth. Foresters and wildlife biologists will lead discussions on the impact of logging operations last fall on land owned by the Loesch family. […]
EVERETT, Wash. – The security and tranquility of rural living can be shattered in an instant for those who fall victim to vandalism, crime, or wildfire. As cities move closer to the country forest landowners face growing problems with trespass, illegal dumping, meth labs, and timber theft. There are also natural hazards to living in […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Jim Freed, a Washington State University Extension special forest products expert, will teach participants how to grow Shiitake mushrooms at the Family Forest Owners Field Day, scheduled Saturday, Aug. 23, at Naselle in Pacific County. In addition, the field day will offer presentations on more than 20 topics, including many topics focusing […]