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🎉 FAIR REGISTRATION IS OPEN! 🎉 The countdown to the Skagit County Fair has begun! 🐄🐖🐑🐐🐇🐓 ALL animal entries must be registered with the Skagit County Fair by the SECOND […]

A Community Preparedness and Resilience Guide for Eastern Washington Prepared in collaboration with resources from: WSU Extension • 4-H Youth Development • County Partners Tools for Togetherness is more than […]

Washington State University Skagit County Extension Washington State University Extension engages people, organizations and communities to advance economic well-being and quality of life by connecting them to the knowledge base […]

This past weekend, members of the Her-Ang-Dus 4-H Club gathered for their annual Fair Prep Day as they geared up for the upcoming Skagit County Fair. From working with their […]

Yesterday, Skagit County 4-H had the honor of attending the Skagit County Board of Commissioners session to share how 4-H and the Skagit County Fair have impacted the lives of […]

Last week, a group of Skagit County teens traveled to Washington State University in Pullman to attend Washington State 4-H Teen Conference! Throughout the week, our teens participated in hands-on workshops, […]

Monitoring for Spotted Wing Drosophila Begins in Skagit County  Monitoring for Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) in blueberry fields throughout Skagit County began on May 26, 2026. Traps are checked weekly to track […]

June 27 Open House to Showcase “Jewel of a Teaching Garden”  MOUNT VERNON –The WSU Extension Skagit County Master Gardener Discovery Garden officially took root in 1996 and over the […]

On June 5, the Pizza for Producers team fired up the wood-fired oven at the Skagit County Historical Museum to help celebrate the opening of Where Our Food Comes From, a […]

The Skagit County Commissioners approved a proclamation declaring June 27, 2026 as WSU Extension Skagit County Master Gardener Discovery Garden Day. On Tuesday, June 2, the Skagit County Commissioners officially proclaimed […]

For four weeks this spring, fifteen participants from across northwest Washington invested their evenings learning one of agriculture’s most important skills: how to work safely around farm equipment and machinery. […]

On Wednesday afternoon, Washington State University’s statewide College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) Leadership Bus Tour made a stop at the WSU Skagit County Extension Office, bringing […]