Submitted by Dorothy Harris Grant County PUD A record number of sockeye salmon have passed through the Priest Rapids Project this year. According to recent numbers, Priest Rapids Dam has seen over 345,000 sockeye since fish counts began April 15. The average number of sockeye to pass through Grant PUD fish ladders has been 65,000 [...]
By Danielle Evans When you ask a knitter to make a sock, there are many things to be considered before they even begin to knit. First, you have to know or ask what the person’s shoe size is. This, along with a nifty card, will help you with the basic measurements you need. The next [...]
By LuAnn Morgan Contributing writer Farmers have to be careful when planning how they will use their land. After all, they are the ones who must live with the consequences of their decisions. Andrea Mann, who spoke at the Othello Sandhill Crane Festival Saturday, March 27, presented interviews with farmers and rangeland managers on the [...]
By Annie Meseberg Contributing writer Walleye action has improved this week on Potholes Reservoir. Blade baits and swim jigs have been working well. Moses Lake is beginning to fill and that’s when Crab Creek works its way through the sand dunes and this causes the fish to start turning on. The Lind Coulee has been [...]
By Sue McDonald, Visitor services manager Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are making their annual plans for prescribed fires within the Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex. These planned fires accomplish refuge management objectives for reducing fire hazards and enhancing wildlife habitat. Hazardous areas are burned to reduce [...]
Washington’s declining snow- pack is increasingly worrisome to water managers. And given the latest water supply outlook report from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), that anxiety may be justified. According to the NRCS, snowpack conditions statewide are 74 percent of average, down from 84 percent just a month ago. Snowpack conditions in the Green [...]
For the third year in a row, there will be no gypsy moth eradication treatments in Washington in 2010. After analyzing the results of last summer’s trappings and follow-up inspections, state agriculture officials concluded that no reproducing gypsy moth populations exist. Washington State Department of Agriculture caught 18 moths at seven sites in Tacoma, Mason [...]
By Danielle Evans I would like to approach this subject with a word of warning … There is no right way to organize YOUR stash. Each stash is unique to each knitter. Just think of it like your “yarn-print,” there are no two alike. There are many ways to organize a stash. You can organize [...]
Wenatchee, WA… The Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) is now selling $25 raffle tickets for a chance to win a 2009 Rears Manufacturing Powerblast Sprayer valued at $18,000 to benefit the Foundation’s charitable programs. The raffle will take place at the Washington State Horticultural Association (WSHA) annual meeting in December at the Wenatchee Convention Center. [...]
By Darla Hussey Staff writer Animals rustling in their barns. A cacophony of light and music emanating from the carnival rides. The bustle of the crowds filing through the exhibit halls. All part of the county fair experience, true, but if you ask the majority of people what they most look forward to with the [...]
