washington state department of agriculture

This year, as in year’s past, the Washington State Department of Agriculture will deploy thousands of traps to monitor for Japanese beetle adults.  While the program traps around nurseries and farms throughout the state, most traps are placed at pathways like airports, railways, or transfer stations.  The Departmen...

The Japanese beetle made an appearance in Washington again this year and that prompts what comes next in the state eradication program.

The money from the State Department of Ecology will go toward finalizing the design and construction of stormwater improvements.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is expanding the state’s apple maggot quarantine into parts of Okanogan County, in an effort to slow the spread of this invasive pest and protect commercial apple production. The changes take effect Nov. 9, 2018, ...