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PNW 145: Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest
This update highlights our new theme on climate change. Seven potential impacts of climate change on water resources in the Pacific Northwest over the next five to 10 years are listed. Find out more by viewing an HTML version of the flyer here or by downloading the PDF flyer here.
PNW 144: Switchgrass as an Irrigated Biofuel Source in the West
This update highlights a USDA-CSREES funded national facilitation project which is assessing the potential of growing switchgrass and other grassy plants as biofuels on irrigated agricultural land in the western USA. This project is led by Dr. Steve Fransen at Washington State University. Find out more by viewing an HTML version of the flyer here or by downloading the PDF flyer here.
PNW 143: Using Rain Gardens: Reining in the Rain
This update highlights the benefits of rain gardens in the wetter areas west of the Cascades. The update also identifies construction guidebooks produced by WSU that can help homeowners establish their own rain garden. Find out more by viewing an HTML version of the flyer here or by downloading the PDF flyer here.
PNW 142: Regional Agent Training: NEMO Improves Stormwater Management
This update highlights a two-day training for Extension faculty that emphasized how NEMO strategies can be used to introduce Low Impact Development (LID) and other infiltrative methods into planning for new development and retrofitting older styles of construction to manage stormwater runoff. Find out more by viewing an HTML version of the flyer here or by downloading the PDF flyer here.
PNW 141: The Pacific Northwest: Four States, Three Ecoregions
This update highlights how the four PNW states can be divided into three ecoregions: the wet coastal areas (I), the drier inland Northwest (II), and interior Alaska (III). Programming on an ecoregion basis effectively reaches a larger percentage of the 12 million residents of the region. Find out more by viewing an HTML version of the flyer here or by downloading the PDF flyer here.

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PNW Updates 141-150 | PNW Updates 131-140 | PNW Updates 121-130 |
PNW Updates 111-120 | PNW Updates 101-110 | PNW Updates 091-100 |
PNW Updates 081-090 | PNW Updates 071-080 | PNW Updates 061-070 |
PNW Updates 051-060 | PNW Updates 041-050 | PNW Updates 031-040 |
PNW Updates 021-030 | PNW Updates 011-020 | PNW Updates 0-010
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University of Idaho Water Quality Program
Northwest Indian College
Oregon State University Extension Service
Washington State University Extension Water Quality

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