By: Roger Sonnichsen, Secretary-Manager, Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District As the West Canal started to fill on March 16th, Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District began gearing up for the 2022 irrigation season. Given current job climate where the market is highly competitive, resulting in staffing changes along with...
On Sunday and Monday, February 20 and 21, 2022, 28 students from Indiana Agricultural Leadership Program’s Class 19 visited the Columbia Basin Project. After flying into the state on Sunday, they made their way to Grand Coulee Dam to learn about Pacific Northwest hydropower and...
[caption id="attachment_18692" align="alignright" width="200"] Alex McGregor[/caption] Alex McGregor, a long-time supporter of the Columbia Basin Project, shared the history and importance of CBP and OGWRP in a recent interview for Irrigation Leader Magazine. Below is an excerpt from that interview. The full version can be found...
The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District is pleased to announce that Dennis Swinger, Jr. has joined the Board of Directors, serving Division 3. This area includes all of the District located in Lincoln County and that part of the District located in Adams County north...
By: Jennifer Korfiatis, Communications, East Columbia Basin Irrigation District During the December 8, 2021 Board meeting, the Board of Directors of East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID) considered a motion to “apply grant money to extend systems to use the most amount of acres economically that...
By: Matt Harris, Director of Governmental Affairs, Washington State Potato Commission Between 2007 and 2013, the Columbia Basin Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) conducted several studies to better understand the conditions of groundwater resources in the Odessa Subareas. The original CBGWMA studies estimated 55 percent of deep irrigation...
[caption id="attachment_18689" align="alignright" width="300"] State Capitol[/caption] By: Mike Schwisow, Government Relations Director, Columbia Basin Development League The Washington Legislature concluded its 60-day session on March 10. Much less time was available for committees to hear and act on bills in advance of cutoff deadlines due to the...
[caption id="attachment_18686" align="alignright" width="292"] Douglas Muscott[/caption] Elected at the League’s 57th Annual Meeting in November 2021 for his first term beginning in January of 2022, the League welcomes Douglas Muscott to the Board of Trustees. Muscott is based in Moses Lake and is Lad Irrigation’s Design Engineer...
On March 10, 2022, Congress passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2022, which began on October 1, 2021. Included was $2 million for the Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program (OGWRP) in Reclamation’s budget...
The League commends the efforts of East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID) and Grant County Conservation District, with the support of other public and private partners, in securing a new source of funding to supplement Office of Columbia River’s investments and to benefit the Odessa...