MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – An economist with extensive national and international experience has been named to the new position of BIOAg Value-Added Specialist with Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources. He will be located at the WSU Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center at Mount Vernon. Hector Saez will join the […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Washington State University vegetable horticulturist Carol Miles will join the faculty of the Washington State University Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center. Miles, who is currently stationed at the WSU Vancouver Research and Extension Unit, will relocate to the Mount Vernon facility early next summer. Miles will continue to support the […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Dec. 6 is the date for the opening celebration for Washington State University’s Agricultural Research and Technology Building. The new facility is the centerpiece in the $8 million revitalization of the WSU Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center. The invitation-only celebration will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the new […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The construction continues, but the faculty and staff of the Washington State University Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center are already transitioning in to their new facilities. WSU project manager Virgil Hanson says 95 percent of phase one construction in the $8 million revitalization of the NWREC is complete. […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Washington State University entomologist Lynell Tanigoshi will shift his base of operation to the WSU Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon from the university’s Vancouver Research and Extension Unit. Tanigoshi will split his time between the Vancouver and Mount Vernon facilities, continuing his research and outreach in southwest […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Northwestern Washington agricultural producers will have their first opportunity to walk through the ongoing construction of Washington State University’s new Agricultural Research and Technology Building. The building is the centerpiece of an $8 million renovation and expansion of WSU’s 58 year-old Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center near Mount Vernon. The […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Citing the importance of agriculture to Skagit County and their specific charge to encourage economic development, Port of Skagit County commissioners today committed a quarter million dollars to Washington State University’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center. The funds will support research being conducted at the center as well as the […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Port of Skagit County commissioners will consider funding support for the expansion of Washington State University’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center with a presentation at their April 13 meeting. The session will be held at 2 p.m. at the port office. Representatives from the NWREC fundraising group, the Northwest Agricultural […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Washington State University is more than $80,000 closer to its fund-raising goal for revitalization of the Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center at Mount Vernon, thanks to the following contributors: WSU Rally in the Valley – The Skagit County chapter of the WSU Alumni Association traditionally donates the proceeds from this […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Hideo Takahashi first came to the Skagit Valley more than a quarter century ago to be an intern at the Alf Christianson Seed Co. As a young employee of Sakata Seed, he spent a year in the Mount Vernon area working on a joint venture breeding project for spinach in the […]