The Department of Ecology (DOE) will be accepting public comments on the proposed boundaries for the Pasco Basin groundwater subarea from November 8, 2024 until December 10, 2024 until 11:50 p.m. The Pasco Basin Subarea Boundary draft order is available here for the 30 day review and comment period.

On December 16, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Department of Ecology (DOE) will hold a public meeting on hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) and other fluorinated greenhouse gases rulemaking via Zoom.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will be the administrators for fiscal year (FY) 2025 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP).

National Potato Council (NPC) welcomes the United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement of a new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops Initiative providing $2 billion in assistance to specialty crop growers to maintain a strong domestic supply and to expand market opportunities for their crops.

Happy 2025 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 2024 water year (October 1, 2023-September 30, 2024) for the Northwest (Washington, Oregon, and Idaho).

USDA is seeking public input by December 23, 2024, on how to improve conservation practice standards to maximize climate change mitigation and adaptation benefits, as supported by peer-reviewed scientific literature.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to join us for an amazing event on January 28th - 30th, 2025 at the Three Rivers Convention Center.

Commissioners and staff traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with the Washington State delegation this November.