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Extension Workshops Keep Loggers Up-to-Date 2009
SUMMARY
- A voluntary education program offered by WSU Extension and the Washington Contract Loggers Association in Northeast Washington is keeping logging business owners, foremen and supervisors up-to-date on issues facing their industry and providing them with the latest information on technology, safety and regulatory changes.
Research Helping to Shape Hunting Regulations 2009
SUMMARY
- Research on cougar populations conducted by Washington State University's Large Carnivore Conservation Laboratory is helping shape hunting policy in the state of Washington.
Finding Could Reduce Costly Fruit Rot 2009
SUMMARY
- A plant pathologist at the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center has discovered three previously unknown fungal pathogens in the United States that cause apples and pears to rot in storage. Post-harvest fruit rots of apples and pears cost the tree fruit industry in Washington state millions of dollars in losses every year.