Conservation programs offered in Pasco

Agricultural producers and landowners can learn about conservation practices and programs that benefit them and wildlife at a series of free workshops Feb. 5 at the Red Lion Inn in Pasco.

Wildlife professionals from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and other organizations will discuss incentives for landowners who provide access to hunters, the federal Farm Bill and other topics at the workshops, offered as part of a weeklong conference.

A full agenda for workshops offered at the conference is available at wildlife.org.

Don Larsen, private lands coordinator of WDFW, said the workshops are designed to give wildlife managers and private landowners a chance to discuss their experiences with conservation programs in Washington state.

The conference is hosted by the Washington Chapter of The Wildlife society, the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Researchers Implementing Conservation Action, the Global Owl Project and others.