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Occupational injuries and illnesses among Washington State agricultural workers. [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1991
In Washington state 29,451 workers' compensation claims were filed by farm workers between 1982 and 1986. Five percent of claimants were under 18 years of age, including 1.3% under the age of 16. Agricultural workers were found to be at higher risk than other workers in the state for fatal injury (relative risk [RR] = 2.5, 95% confidence interval [CI]
P, Demers, L, Rosenstock
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Determinants of Butyrylcholinesterase Inhibition Among Agricultural Pesticide Handlers in Washington State: An Update [PDF]

The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2014
Organophosphate (OP) and N-methyl-carbamate (CB) insecticides are used widely in agriculture to manage insect pests of economic importance. Agricultural workers are more likely to suffer exposure because of the widespread use of OP/CBs in agriculture, and pesticide-related illnesses among handlers may be more severe when compared to other farm workers.
Jennifer E, Krenz, Jonathan N, Hofmann, Theresa R, Smith, Rad N, Cunningham, Richard A, Fenske, Christopher D, Simpson, Matthew, Keifer   +6 more
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An annotated checklist of the bees of Washington state [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) are vital components of global ecosystems, yet knowledge of their distribution is limited in many regions. Washington state is located in an ecologically diverse part of North America and encompasses habitat types and plant ...
Chanda S. Bartholomew, Elizabeth A. Murray, Silas Bossert, Joel Gardner, Chris Looney   +4 more
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Ants of the Palouse Prairie: diversity and species composition in an endangered grassland [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021
Grasslands are globally imperilled ecosystems due to widespread conversion to agriculture and there is a concerted effort to catalogue arthropod diversity in grasslands to guide conservation decisions. The Palouse Prairie is one such endangered grassland;
Kayla Dilworth, Marek Borowiec, Abigail Cohen, Gabrielle Mickelson, Elisabeth Oeller, David Crowder, Robert Clark   +6 more
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Biochar—A Panacea for Agriculture or Just Carbon?

Horticulturae, 2020
The sustainable production of food faces formidable challenges. Foremost is the availability of arable soils, which have been ravaged by the overuse of fertilizers and detrimental soil management techniques.
Elvir Tenic, Rishikesh Ghogare, Amit Dhingra   +2 more
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Finding Common Ground: Defining Agricultural Viability and Streamlining Multi-organization Data Collection

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2019
In 2011, the state of Washington created the Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP), a collabo­rative and incentive-based approach to land-use management with the goal of protecting critical areas while maintaining and improving the viability of agriculture.
Libby Christensen, Learner Limbach
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When Should Irrigators Invest in More Water‐Efficient Technologies as an Adaptation to Climate Change?

Water Resources Research, 2018
The western U.S. is expected to experience more frequent and severe droughts as a result of climate change, with potentially large impacts on agricultural production and the economy.
Keyvan Malek, Jennifer Adam, Claudio Stockle, Michael Brady, Kirti Rajagopalan   +4 more
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Plant associations for three sawfly species (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) in the Pacific Northwest [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2019
Plant associations are newly recorded for three tenthredinid species in the Pacific Northwest. A single Monardis pulla D.R. Smith, 1969 emerged from a chamber inside a cynipid gall on Rosa nutkana C. Presl. (Rosaceae). This is the first plant association
Quinlyn Baine, Chris Looney
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Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Offset Quantification Protocols for Nitrogen Management in Dryland Wheat Cropping Systems of the Pacific Northwest

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2017
In the carbon market, greenhouse gas (GHG) offset protocols need to ensure that emission reductions are of high quality, quantifiable, and real. Lack of consistency across protocols for quantifying emission reductions compromise the credibility of ...
Tabitha T. Brown, Carrie M. Lee, Chad E. Kruger, Chad E. Kruger, John P. Reganold, David R. Huggins   +5 more
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First records of adventive populations of the parasitoids Ganaspis brasiliensis and Leptopilina japonica in the United States [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022
We report the first known incidence of two parasitoid species of the invasive pest, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), in the United States (US).
Elizabeth H. Beers, Dylan Beal, Peter Smytheman, Paul K. Abram, Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, Erica Moretti, Kent M. Daane, Chris Looney, Chia-Hua Lue, Matthew Buffington   +9 more
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