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North Cascades’ ‘Larch Madness’ phenomenon goes national
4 hours ago · Thousands of people descend on trails in the North Cascades every October to see larch trees turn gold, a natural phenomenon that’s spurred an online counterpart dubbed “Larch Madness.”. The annual influx of people from the Northwest — and far beyond — caught the attention of producers at “CBS News Sunday Morning,” who came to the ...
MV school superintendent to retire after 12 years
4 hours ago · Gary Marchbank, a 15-year veteran of the Methow Valley School Board, will resign his post effective Dec. 31. Marchbank announced his intentions in a Thursday (Oct. 31) letter to fellow board members. “Serving on behalf of our community in support of our schools has been an incredibly rewarding experience,” Marchbank said in his resignation ...
C6 study: Biochar costly to produce, but promising
4 hours ago · November 7, 2024 by Marcy Stamper. A feasibility study prepared by local biochar nonprofit C6 Forest to Farm has determined that it’s too costly to process small-diameter trees and logging slash to make biochar without a large-scale operation. At the same time, the study concluded, the technology is a promising way to reduce wildfire risk and ...
2021 Year in Review: Wildfires rate as year’s top local news story
Jan 5, 2022 · 1 The fires of 2021. Two major wildfires impacted the Methow Valley in 2021, leading to long-term evacuations and well over 100,000 acres burned. The first, the Cedar Creek Fire, was started by a lightning strike on July 8, just after record-high temperatures left the state’s forestland parched. By the time the fire was effectively contained ...
News briefs: Give Methow sets a record, Talking about a pool
4 hours ago · It was a record-setting year for the annual Give Methow campaign, which according to reports released this week raised a total of $899,172 in the month-long 2024 fundraising effort. Last year’s campaign raised nearly $772,000 for 43 local nonprofits. The previous record for total contributions had been $801,947 raised in 2022.
Record-breaking warm spell gives way to snow - Methow Valley …
Dec 8, 2021 · People across the valley woke up to snow on Saturday (Dec. 3) and again on Monday. The temperature dropped into the low 20s and didn’t get above 29 degrees on Sunday. A few factors contributed to the anomalous warm spell. The jet stream was exceptionally far north, well north of the Canadian border, and was accompanied by vigorous winds from ...
Evacuation notices affect hundreds of valley residents
Jul 28, 2021 · A staggering 15% of Methow Valley homes (671) have been ordered to evacuate because of the Cedar Creek and Cub Creek 2 fires as of Monday (July 26). Another 1,048 have been told to be ready to leave, bringing the total under evacuation orders to 1,719, or 38% of the valley’s residences. The Methow Valley School District has 4,538 possible ...
As drought drags on, some water users are cut off
Aug 9, 2024 · No restrictions for wells, town water users. Although the Methow basin has been in drought for more than a year, for most people, the official drought declaration doesn’t impose any conservation measures. But 98 water users haven’t been able to water their fields since July 22 because the Methow River has been below the minimum flows.
Climate action plan released after years of research
Sep 29, 2021 · The Methow Valley now has its own climate action plan, intended to help valley residents and businesses cope with threats from a changing climate — including less water and a lower snowpack; the impacts of hotter weather on farming, forests and wildlife; and the economic pressures that accompany these changes. The plan is the culmination of ...