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Logging as an Ecosystem Service - Part 2
California Ag Today
Zane Peterson has built a thriving business providing an ecological service and a renewable source of energy.
Logging as an Ecosystem Service
California Ag Today
Redding-based logging entrepreneur Zane Peterson removes trees in fire hazard zones.
California Rangeland Trust
California Ag Today
California Rangeland Trust is the state's largest land trust with 341,000 acres permanently conserved from the threat of development.
Puget Sound Nearshore Project & Impact on Farms Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project puts farms in jeopardy in the name of salmon.
Puget Sound Nearshore Project & Impact on Farms Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project will have big impact on farms in the name of salmon.
Sage Grouse & Grizzly Tensions
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Farmers, ranchers and even the military are concerned about losing property rights due to federal efforts to protect sage grouse, and tensions abound over plan to restore the grizzly bear population in Washington's North Cascades.
12-3 SS Grizz Recovery
Sportsman's Spotlight
Managers from the state, tribal, and federal agencies responsible for recovery of the grizzly bear in the Yellowstone Ecosystem heard good news at their recent meeting in Bozeman, Montana.
Pest Patrol
Food Forethought
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service urges summer travelers to "join the fight against invasive pests".
Controlling Japanese Eelgrass
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
In many areas of the world Japanese eelgrass is a protected species and up until last year was considered protected in Washington state.
Non-Native Eelgrass Threatens Clam Industry
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Within the last decade Japanese eelgrass has managed to dominate the ecosystem in Willapa Bay.
Not Just An Urban Issue
Food Forethought
When you think of poverty do you automatically think inner city?
Idaho Organic Week & Indonesia Trade
Northwest Report
Idaho is celebrating their organic production this next week...the Indonesian market will remain open for now...and Lacy gives us a little summer time caution.
Don't Pack a Pest
Food Forethought
Safeguarding the nation's $157 billion agriculture, fishing and forestry industries.
Pride & Joy Dairy Farm Walk & Science of Climate Change On-line Presentation Series
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Third in a series of 2012 Farm Walks this Friday, and nine part series of on-line presentations on climate change available through WSU.
Blending Organic and Conventional Ag Systems
Food Forethought
Michael Pollan could learn a lot from WSU's John Reganold.
Spartina Eradication
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Spartina became an aggressive and invasive plant species in Washington state.
One of Ten & Columbia River Basin Salmon Stocks
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
WSU's Cook Agronomy Farm one of ten agroecosystem research sites, and Columbia River Basin increased salmon returns.
Overcoming Fear and Rumor
Food Forethought
It has always been that the bigger the falsehood the further and faster it will travel. There is no exception to this when it comes to the gray wolf issue.
Getting the Upper Hand on Spartina
Line on Agriculture
Spartina, commonly known as cordgrass, is an aggressive noxious weed that severely disrupts the ecosystems of native saltwater estuaries in Washington but efforts are underway to eradicate it.