Western WA Trying to Soak Up the Spongy Moth
Small but mighty, the spongy moth can do some major damage to trees and shrubs not only in Washington state but across the country.
Snohomish County
Funding for Snohomish County Food and Farming Center
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene presented Snohomish County with a $750K check for its Food and Farming Center, which will serve as a crucial resource hub for fruit and vegetable farmers across Snohomish, Whatcom, Skagit, and King counties.
Avian Influenza Confirmed In Snohomish County
Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to make its way through Washington. The latest detection was confirmed Friday, in a backyard flock in Snohomish County. The Washington State Department of Agriculture is responding to the outbreak and urging flock owners to devote all efforts to protecting uninfected flocks, especially keeping domestic flocks isolated from wild waterfowl
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Newly Discovered Asian Giant Concerns WSDA
In early June, the Washington Department of Agriculture announced that the first Asian giant hornet of 2021 was discovered dead in Snohomish County. Managing Entomologist Sven Spichiger noted that the male insect was significantly different in its coloration as compared to specimens collected in 2019 and 2020
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Asian Giant Discovered In Additional Washington County
Entomologists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture as well as the USDA have confirmed the first report of an Asian giant hornet for 2021. According to the WSDA the “murder hornet” was found in Snohomish County and appears to be unrelated to the 2019-2020 Asian giant hornet introductions in Canada and Whatcom County.
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Washington Ecology Secures $3.6M To Protect Coastal Wetlands
On Friday, the Washington Department of Ecology announced that it had secured nearly $3.6 million in federal National Coastal Wetlands Conservation grants to protect about 725 acres of coastal wetlands in Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, and Whatcom counties. Coastal wetl
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Bat Killing Disease Reported In Washington
According to state and federal wildife officials, a bat-killing disease called white-nose syndrome has been discovered in two more Washington counties. The Skagit Valley Herald reported this week, infected droppings were found in Chelan and Snohomish counties
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Evergreen State Fair Canceled Due To Coronavirus
Last week Snohomish County announced the crenelation of the 2020 Evergreen State Fair because of the coronavirus pandemic. Fair officials said they consulted with Snohomish Health District and country leaders before making the decision. This is the first time that the Fair has been canceled since World War II
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