Happy 2024 Water Year! The University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and Office of the Washington State Climatologist, in collaboration with the NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System, is asking for your participation in helping us document weather and climate impacts of the 2023 water year (October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023) for the Northwest (Washington, Oregon, and Idaho).

CBDL will hold it’s 59^th annual meeting on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PST at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington.

What you need to know to prepare for adjudication of Nooksac to protect your future water rights in the area if you use water outside the public water system in the defined area.

On July 17, 2023, the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) updated the regulations for Outdoor Heat Exposures, specifically revising WAC 296-62-095 and 296-307-097.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington began accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Agricultural Land Easements (ACEP-ALE) on Friday, October 6, 2023.

To help users utilize and navigate the Bulletins Live! Two program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold an instructional webinar Thursday, November 9, 2023 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST.

To boost the state’s small business exports, the SBA has awarded the Washington State Department of Commerce (DOC) a one-million-dollar State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant.

PSA’s Grower Program uses the Cropwise Sustainability (CWS) app to measure, benchmark, and advance farm sustainability utilizing the Sustainable Outcomes in Agriculture (SOA) standard.

Agricultural producers and forest landowners can now apply to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for conservation assistance for fiscal year (FY) 2024.

The average proposed rate increase for Workers’ Compensation is 9% with several agricultural categories seeing double digit increases.