Snohomish County

Entomologists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture as well as the USDA have confirmed the first report of an Asian giant hornet for 2021. According to the WSDA the “murder hornet” was found in Snohomish County and appears to be unrelated to the 2019-2020 Asian giant hornet introductions in Canada and Whatcom County. Accordi ...

On Friday, the Washington Department of Ecology announced that it had secured nearly $3.6 million in federal National Coastal Wetlands Conservation grants to protect about 725 acres of coastal wetlands in Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, and Whatcom counties. Coastal wetl ...

According to state and federal wildife officials, a bat-killing disease called white-nose syndrome has been discovered in two more Washington counties. The Skagit Valley Herald reported this week, infected droppings were found in Chelan and Snohomish counties ...

Last week Snohomish County announced the crenelation of the 2020 Evergreen State Fair because of the coronavirus pandemic. Fair officials said they consulted with Snohomish Health District and country leaders before making the decision. This is the first time that the Fair has been canceled since World War II ...