Comprising nearly 30,000 acres, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge is a scenic mixture of rugged cliffs, canyons, lakes, grasslands and sagebrush. The combination of lakes and surrounding irrigated croplands, combined with generally mild winters and the protection provided by the refuge, attracts large numbers of migrating...
East Columbia Basin Irrigation District Secretary-Manager Speaks at Conference Othello, WA.- East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID) Secretary-Manager Craig Simpson spoke as an invited panelist at the Family Farm Alliance annual conference. The event, titled A Wake Up Call for America; Why Farms, Water, and Food...
Federal The 118th Congress began its session on January 3, 2023. CBDL is tracking four major actions in this Congress—a new Farm Bill, fiscal year 2024 appropriations, and the federal debt ceiling. Every five years, Congress passes legislation known as the “Farm Bill” that affects agriculture, conservation,...
The Columbia River has its headwaters in the Canadian Rockies and flows through Canada, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The Columbia River is the largest producer of hydropower in the US, with 31 dams owned and operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers and...
Did you know there is an ongoing campaign to educate consumers about the importance of U.S. agriculture to the nation's food supply? In April of this year, a coalition of farmers and farm organizations ran a national ad in the Wall Street Journal to educate consumers...
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Primary CBP crops include hay, potatoes, corn, wheat, beans, orchard fruits, grapes, herbs, onions, grass seed, and vegetables with an estimated value of $3,800 per acre, annually. An additional $2.66 billion of animal and food processing production specifically tied to CBP crops is annually generated, with...
As the Columbia Basin Project (CBP) is the largest Reclamation project in the nation, full development of the authorized 1,029,000 acres was intended to be phased and take multiple decades. Decades since ground breaking on the CBP, it is often asked what it would take...
Tell us about yourself! My name is Jon Erickson, and I am the Development Coordinator of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID) where I have worked since 2019. I grew up in Warden and lived in the Columbia Basin until I left for Alaska in...
The Columbia Basin Sustainable Water Coalition, a group of water purveyors and other municipal and small community water systems stakeholders, was formed in 2018 to address domestic Columbia Basin groundwater supply issues and create locally-driven recommendations that influence water delivery methods and policy for long-term...