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WSU Skagit Extension and Northwest REC outline staffing changes, new hires and plant‑growth facility plan
Summary
At a quarterly update Oct. 6, WSU Skagit County Extension and the Northwest Research and Extension Center described staffing losses tied to SNAP‑Ed funding cuts, hiring plans, a suite of research projects and a multi‑phase plant growth facility project funded in part by local donors and county economic development funds.
WSU Skagit County Extension Director Don McMorin and Tatum Weed, acting director of WSU Northwest Research and Extension Center (NREC), briefed Skagit County commissioners Oct. 6 on programs, staffing and capital projects.
McMorin said the office has 20 staff but will lose four positions after the state and federal decision to discontinue a SNAP‑Ed supplemental grant. "They did decide to close out SnapEdge, which is a supplemental nutrition program... we're gonna be losing 4 staff," McMorin said, and added several staff had found other employment. He described a continuing programmatic focus on farm stress and suicide prevention and a local outreach program he called Pizza for…
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