EVERETT, Wash. — The mild climate of the Puget Sound AVA (American Viticultural Area) favors production of delicate wine grape varieties such as Madeleine Angevine, Siegerebbe, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. In addition to location winemakers know that excellent wine begins with carefully tended vines.
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Firewise Communities Workshop is a free hands-on interactive educational event for anyone interested in how to reduce the risks to life and property to wildfire in the wildland/urban interface. That includes city and county officials, land planners, fire professionals, landowners and anyone involved in planning or protecting communities from fire.
EVERETT, Wash. — Adding multiple varieties of fruit trees to a home or commercial orchard can be an expensive proposition. But learning how to graft can expand the varieties in your orchard with less expense. Washington State University Snohomish County Extension is presenting a workshop on the art of fruit tree grafting.
EVERETT, Wash. — According to the Puget Sound Wine Growers Association, conditions in the region are ideal for growing delicate vinifera wine grape varieties and more vineyards are being planted all the time.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Consulting foresters and other natural resource professionals who help family forest owners manage and sustain their woodlands require a unique set of skills. The 19th annual Family Foresters Workshop will provide an opportunity for those professionals to strengthen their skills, and discuss emerging technologies and information applicable to family forestry.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Farms certified for exercising and documenting Good Agricultural Practices, or GAPs, not only improve on-farm food safety but also open potential new markets with buyers requiring GAPs certification. Washington State University is presenting a two-part educational series of GAPs workshops for growers in various locations around the state.
COUPEVILLE, Wash. — Washington State University Island County Extension has scheduled a workshop to present the latest research on the pest Drosophila suzukii, commonly known as Spotted Wing Drosophila, and its management.
Forest and farm owners are invited to attend a free workshop sponsored by Washington State University Extension and the Snoqualmie Watershed Forum on a number of federal, state and local grant and cost-share programs available for area landowners.
EVERETT, Wash. — Woodland owners are invited to attend an upcoming hands-on forest thinning and pruning workshop sponsored by Washington State University Extension.
Recent research indicates that the colony collapse disorder that decimated honeybee populations was the result of a recently-evolved partnership between a virus that attacks bee DNA and a common hive fungus. Now, scientists can start developing a treatment regimen that enables bees to resist this virulent attack.