Lind Dryland Station receives 100-year award

Staff at the Washington State University Dryland Research Station at Lind earned kudos for logging 100 years of official weather data that helps farmers and scientists understand the past and prepare for the future.

The National Weather Service presented the station with the “100-Year Honored Institution Award,” for the century of observations made at Lind.

Farm manager Bruce Sauer and utility worker Brian Fode accepted the award at Lind Station’s centennial celebration earlier this month. A land donation by Adams County farmers in 1915 led to the founding of the research station, http:// lind...