State conservation panel tours region

The Washington State Conservation Commission toured Whitman County Tuesday before conducting its regular meeting in Pullman.

The commission meets every other month at locations throughout the state. This was the commission’s first meeting in Whitman County since 2006.

“It’s great to get out and see how the projects our conservation districts help put together actually pay off on real ground,” said Jim Peters, a conservation commissioner from Olympia.

Officials with the Whitman, Palouse, Rock Lake and Pine Creek conservation districts gave their bosses a quick tour of areas where they have spea...