This fall, League representatives were honored to accept invitations to patriciate in several community events and meetings informing Project stakeholders of the latest Project updates and League accomplishments. Board member Stephen McFadden presented the outcomes of the League’s recently completed Stakeholder Voices Survey at the Lake...
Sara Higgins, Assistant Director In October, the League held its Conference and 55th Annual Meeting in Moses Lake. Agenda items at the day-long event included a host of different topics. Among them were: Project recreation and tourism Water management systems Weed screens Aging infrastructure Diversion rates Regulatory...
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Ephrata Field Office Grazing has a long and rich history in the Columbia Basin. It follows a similar pattern of grazing lands throughout most of the United States, which began with an abundance of native forage. Then, through poor management and overutilization,...
Mike Schwisow, Director of Government Relations Representatives of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID) on December 4th signed off on amendments to the Renewal Master Water Service Contract (RMWSC) concluding three years of negotiations. The landowner relationship with USBR...
Vicky Scharlau, Executive Director Coordinated between the Washington State Departments of Health and Commerce, a group of Columbia Basin water purveyors and other concerned, local stakeholders began meeting to discuss the area’s decreasing groundwater supply for municipal, agricultural, and industrial uses. They formed the Columbia Basin...
Vicky Scharlau, Executive Director In the last two newsletters, we have reported the status and progress of a stakeholder engagement project initiated earlier this year with the formation of a Columbia Basin Project “Voices” Task Force, responsible for collecting stakeholder input on Columbia Basin Project priorities. ...
By: Sara Higgins, Assistant Director Earlier this year, we reported the status and progress of a stakeholder engagement project that formed the Columbia Basin Project “Voices” Task Force, responsible for collecting stakeholder input on Columbia Basin Project priorities. During the month of September, an electronic survey...