WSU Scientists Use Flower Power to Combat Orchard Menace Apple orchards are intricate webs involving a delicate balance between trees, soils, water, insects, and more. To manage the pests that can potentially damage a crop of apples, growers often apply pesticides. There are several problems associated with pesticide use, though, including risks to environmental and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Recently released results from the nutrition component of the Pilot Grazing Project conducted in 2009 in southeast Washington reveal that moderate spring cattle grazing affected both the amount and some nutritional properties of forages available to mule deer in spring and fall.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers feel like long-shot lottery winners after discovering that endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits are once again breeding in the wild in Washington. Len Zeoli, a WSU doctoral student in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, was shocked recently while doing field studies to see a young pygmy rabbit […]
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: A number of fawns are being hand-fed on a daily basis on the Pullman campus as part of this research. Reporters/photographers are welcome to participate in the feedings. PULLMAN, Wash. — Is poor nutrition contributing to a decrease in the number of mule deer in the Pacific Northwest? That is a question researchers […]