local solutions to local problems

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Image: Flooded field. Text: Climate Change Prediction Tools. Link to prediction tools page.

Conservation Action Map. Text: Join the Club! Show off your actions to protect natural resources. Link to Mapping tool.

Students viewing macroinvertebrates. Text Sound Education: Book now, calendar is filling up. Link leads to education booking.

Soil Cutaway with grass growing. Text Want Healthy Soil? Check out our Know Your Soils Guide! Link leads to soils guide.

working together for better ground

cows looking out of pen. link leads to farm Planning Program page.

We've been working together with locals since 1941 to make better ground by providing educational resources, technical expertise and funding for conservation projects.

NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 WSU Cultivating Success Class Graduates 19

Happy Graduation to the 2019 WSU Cultivating Success - Agricultural Entrepreneurship students! They completed a 12-week class at McCollum Park's Cougar Auditorium on April 2, 2019.

Farmer Spotlight - Skipley Farms

This month we would like to spotlight a local farmer, John Garcia of Skipley Farm, who is doing great things in our community.

A Pasture Quiz Show, a Farm Tour, and Horse Therapy

Warm Beach Camp and Stables hosted our Spring Nutrition and Pastures workshop last Saturday March 23. We brought together a veterinarian, a farm planner, and the leaders of Warm Beach Camp's Horsemanship Program discuss pastures, equine nutrition, and manure and mud management.

Three Things Before First Turnout

Ah, spring….the snow is gone, the sun is shining, the grass is growing, the horses are licking their lips and pacing their paddocks waiting for you to open the gate and let them out on that beautiful, lush pasture you have limed and fertilized and protected all winter. Before you open that gate and let them run free, however, there are three things you must make sure are ready – the soil, the grass, and your horse.