Everett Burts

There is a difference between Knowledge and wisdom.

I began life on September 25, 1931, in an old farmhouse in the Mae Valley, Grant County, Washington. My family moved to another farm located at the end of Horse Lake Road when I was almost five years old. Because of three mentors who paved the way and provided work, I was able to attend college, graduating with a PhD in Entomology in 1959. On March 1, 1958, I was hired by Washington State University as a Research Scientist, in the department of Entomology, and was stationed at the Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee. I’m lucky to have worked at a job that I truly enjoyed. I retired on April 1, 1994.

In 1976, my brother, Lee, and I began farming our share of the ranch. We worked the land on weekends and holidays, growing wheat. In 2001, we retired the farm, seeded all cultivated land back to native species to restore and protect soil. In 2006 we sold it to Chelan Douglas Land Trust.