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Do you like to garden? Would you like to make a difference in your community? Then apply to become a WSU Extension Island County Master Gardener! Extension Master Gardeners are WSU Extension trained community volunteers who provide research-based information to home gardeners. You don’t have to be an expert gardener to apply. Learn more here.
Featured Videos
Requiem for the Packaging King
It can hold the most delicate objects AND be detrimental to our environment. The Packaging King — expanded polystyrene foam or EPS — pollutes our water and takes hundreds of years to breakdown in landfills. Once broken apart, the polystyrene components crumble into small bits that contaminate our environment even further. Discover ways to reuse EPS and learn how it can be reprocessed into products with a longer lifespan. Future solutions include using textile waste and biomaterials as sustainable packaging filler.
Preserving the Salish Sea
Discover simple ways to help keep the Salish Sea beautiful and reduce plastic pollution. National Microplastics expert and WSU grad Julie Masura shares tips to help maintain this biologically diverse inland marine ecosystem. Together, we can make a difference in the health of wildlife, salmon, orcas, and other marine species.