WSU Livestock Short Courses Coming to Castle Rock and Bremerton Sustainable farm-to-table livestock production offers small farms an opportunity to utilize land effectively, raise meat for family, friends, and sale while minimizing their environmental footprint. In addition, the potential extra income can help raise the bottom line for Western Washington farmers. To ensure producers have […]

New this year is an all-day Youth Livestock Quality Assurance course on July 11, 2014, also at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. This session, focused on young livestock producers, covers all aspects of livestock production with an emphasis on meeting Quality Assurance standards. Hands-on and more with the experts from the WSU Extension MEAT team. Visit snohomish.wsu.edu/YouthLivestockQA/ for more information. For […]

    WSU Island County Beach Watcher Eugene Thrasher has been digging and eating Pacific Northwest clams for more than 50 years. Join Thrasher, and the Beach Watcher team this summer on two of Whidbey Island’s best clamming beaches to learn how to dig clams for your dinner. You will learn: Recreational shellfish harvesting rules […]

Join Kitsap Beach Naturalists to explore and wonder at the rich and colorful sea life that is exposed during low tide.  Beach explorations are open to the public and naturalists will be on hand to share resources and knowledge.  Tell your family and friends, and we will see you at the beach! Kitsap Memorial State […]

We'll tour the Tarboo-Dabob watershed from forest to creek to bay! Join the Land Trust and our conservation partner, Peter Bahls of Northwest Watershed Institute, to explore protected lands at Tarboo Wildlife Preserve, Tarboo Forest, and Dabob Bay shoreline. Saturday, July 12 from 10a.m.-2p.m. Meet at Center Park and Ride (at the intersection of Center […]

Join Carrie and her team of stewardship volunteers Monday, July 14 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Duckabush Oxbow Preserve, and Monday, July 28 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Irondale Springs Preserve. Summer Stewardship volunteer work parties are a chance to see our local conservation lands and the variety of stewardship activities that go into protecting these unique habitats. We […]

Join Kitsap Beach Naturalists to explore and wonder at the rich and colorful sea life that is exposed during low tide.  Beach explorations are open to the public and naturalists will be on hand to share resources and knowledge.  Tell your family and friends, and we will see you at the beach! Kitsap Memorial State […]

    WSU Island County Beach Watcher Eugene Thrasher has been digging and eating Pacific Northwest clams for more than 50 years. Join Thrasher, and the Beach Watcher team this summer on two of Whidbey Island’s best clamming beaches to learn how to dig clams for your dinner. You will learn: Recreational shellfish harvesting rules […]

Saturday, July 26, 2014, 10:00am - 12:30pm Join WSU Jefferson County Beach Watchers and WA Fish and Wildlife Department biologists Camille Speck and Doug Rogers on June 17th or July 26th to learn all about harvesting clams on local beaches. Bring the family and find out more about different types of clams, where to find them, how to […]