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Featured Conservation
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Monday, 19 May 2008 |
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Dozens of school buses pulled into Horn Rapids Campground in Benton County on May 6 and unloaded excited students who have been raising salmon in their classrooms over the past year.
They had come to release their finger-size fish into a tributary of the Yakima River and to celebrate the day by visiting learning stations throughout the park provided by a host of community partners.
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Featured Conservation
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
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Washington’s farmers have come a long way since the days of horse-drawn plows. In the past, the goal of new technology was to make farming more efficient, but today, new technologies also seek to lessen environmental impacts.
This seed drill allows farmers to sow and fertilize with minimum disturbance to the soil. The result? A huge savings in top soil no longer lost to wind and water erosion.
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Featured Conservation
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
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Ask the average person on the street what a dairy lagoon is, and you’ll get some interesting answers like “a big pool of milk.”
Sensible though that answer may be, a dairy lagoon is far from a big pool of milk.
It’s actually a huge, lined, holding pond for liquefied animal waste from hundreds of cows.
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Featured Conservation
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
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All across Washington State people are practicing farming techniques to stop soil erosion, from contour farming and buffer strips to wind breaks and mulching.
One new practice used by farmers in South Central Washington, assisted by the Warden Conservation District, is the application of Polyacrylamide (PAM).
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