VSP Open Office Hours
Join VSP staff & Technical Panel on the second Tuesday of every month, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.!
What to expect and how to prepare:
One-on-One County Support Sessions
No more reservable spots are available, but counties may still request 1:1 sessions by contacting Mike or Victoria, who will then work with the Technical Panel Coordinators to schedule your session.
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Freshwater Explorer 2.0 Webinar |
Join the EPA on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 from 12:00-1:00 pm PST.
EPA’s Freshwater Explorer is an easy-to-use, interactive web-based mapping tool for exploring freshwater data from streams, lakes, and groundwater wells in all 50 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It can be used by citizens and non-governmental organizations to better understand national and local water quality issues and to provide water quality information to help federal, state, territory, Tribal, and local partners make decisions about freshwater resources. Users can add spatial layers to explore associations between water quality measurements and natural and human geographical factors and any of the 10,000+ other available data layers accessible from the GeoPlatform that may affect water quality in the United States. This webinar will show users how to perform geographical searches and visualize background and measured data for water quality parameters
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Growing with A.I. Webinar Series: Agricultural Future |
The Washington State Academy of Sciences is convening researchers, farmers, AI developers, policymakers, and innovators to explore how AI can shape agriculture’s future in Washington.
Join this 6-part webinar series exploring AI’s role in farming—from climate resilience to post-harvest optimization. Registration is free and open to the public and, all webinars will be recorded and made publicly available.
Webinar discussions will serve as a foundation of shared learning for a workshop among speakers and other invitees to further refine Washington’s opportunity space and catalyze new collaborations.
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Washington Bumble Bee & Pollinator Habitat Kit Program |
 Titled: Bee on Camas. Photo By: Garrett LaCivita, Palouse CD. (September 2020.)
In response to declines in several bumble bee species, the Xerces Society, in partnership with the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, has developed a statewide strategy to conserve these essential pollinators in Washington. The strategy identifies priority management areas where targeted conservation actions can increase the amount of habitat available to at-risk bumble bees, with the potential to benefit the highest number of these species.
As part of this effort, the Xerces Habitat Kit Program is offering habitat kits with native, pollinator-friendly plants at no cost to a wide range of community partners in eastern Washington.
Click the link below to see if your service area qualifies!
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Zero Foodprint Restore Grant
Applications Open March 3, 2026 |
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Farmers and ranchers can receive up to $25k to implement climate-smart practices that sequester carbon. Applications Open March 3rd, 2026.
The primary goal of the program is to sequester atmospheric carbon in the form of soil
organic carbon.
The secondary goals of the program are to
distribute funds in a manner that reflects the following values:
(1) spurring broader adoption of regenerative agricultural practices;
(2) increasing demand for ingredients produced through regenerative agriculture; and
(3) distributing Restore funds equitably
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Titled: Blueberry Farm.
Photo By: Zorah Oppenheimer.
Clark CD, (July 2020).
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