Corey Bonsen is working with 40 growers in the Naches watershed who are participating in the national Conservation Securtiy Program. PHOTO BY MELISSA HANSEN More than 40 orchardists in Washington State’s Naches watershed, located northwest of Yakima and representing 4,400 acres, are participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Security Program. A voluntary program authorized by the 2002 Farm Bill, it rewards growers for stewardship of their lands and pays them for maintaining and enhancing natural resources. More than $450,000 was paid to the Naches watershed growers last year, averaging some $11,000 per grower, with a total of $2.7 […]