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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.
Extension Intervention Program Saves Families and Money 2009
SUMMARY
- Washington State University Extension's Strengthening Families Program, a family-based intervention program, reduces substance abuse by improving parenting skills and family communication. The program has served more than 1,800 youth statewide. In dollars alone, according to an independent analysis, the effort is expected to save the state $10.6 million in such areas as arrests, adjudication and victims' costs.
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.