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"Land is too complex for it's inhabitants to understand...real harmony with it seems to require either a degree of public regulation he will not tolerate or a degree of private enlightenment he does not possess." Aldo Leopold.

 

Land is a valuable natural resource.  We use land as the foundation of our homes, the birthplace of our food and the space for creatures, including ourselves, to roam.  Below are topics related to land.  Under each topic are links to reports and more specific information that you may find useful.

 

Agricultural Information

 Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education (SARE)

 PDF Technical Report: Small Farms-The Heart of Washington Agriculture

 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest: Farm, Food, Natural Resource Systems

 PDF "Cultivate the Soil" Resources for Beginners and Small Scale Farmers and Ranchers in Washington State

 Dry Land Farming Technologies

 Ogranic Agriculture

 BioAg

 

Conservation Districts

 Walla Walla County  

 Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

 Washington State Conservation District Offices

 Oregon State Conservation District Offices

 

Conservation Easements

 Property Rights and Conservation Easements

 Conservation Strategies

 

Land Trust

 PDF Rural Living in Walla Walla Valley Publication 

 Blue Mountain Land Trust 2007 Annual Report

 NRCS 2008 Farm Bill Conservation Programs

 NRCS 2008 "Signatures on the Land" Annual Report

 

Land Use Planning

 Creating Urban Riparian Buffers (CURB)

 Land Use Study Commission Final Report (1998) 

 

Locally Grown Food

 Farmers Market Daily Cooperative

 Walla Walla's Farmers Market

 Walla Walla's Sweet Onion

 

Weed Control

  PDF Washington State Noxious Weed List

 

 If you have unanswered questions related to land resources, please submit your questions to maureen.johnson@wwcc.edu.  We will seek answers to your questions in a first come, first served fashion.