Earlier this year, the myTRI 2030 Agricultural Council invited the League to become a member. MyTRI 2030 is a Tri-Cities, community-based, Regional Vision Project that seeks to provide a unified strategy and a shared vision for the future. The Regional Affairs Committee (RAC) of the Tri-City...
By the time the Ag Council held its first meeting of the year at the end of March, we were just starting to see the enormity of what lay ahead. As many of the members of the committee are in essential industries, and were in...
In January, League members voted to elect Christina Wyatt and Kelly Cochrane to join the CBDL Board of Trustees. Then in April, JC Baldwin stepped down from her position, and the board appointed Alan Loebsack. Christina Wyatt of Big Bend Electric Cooperative has more than 14 years...
In 2017, the League worked with a local film company, to produce “Waiting for Water”, a 10-minute documentary film about the Columbia Basin Project (Project). “Waiting for Water” follows a family of farmers in the Columbia Basin region- a land of great potential, against a backdrop...
Got water? We do. The Bureau of Reclamation still has water available in our Potholes Bank Storage Additional Artificially Stored Groundwater Program (PBS). If you are in the Mae Valley/South Frontage Road area, you may be eligible for a PBS groundwater service contract. On Jan. 8,...
The League’s Chairman and Lincoln County Commissioner, Mark Stedman, was appointed to the Columbia River Policy Advisory Group, which advises the Office of Columbia River (a part of the Washington State’s Department of Ecology) on policy issues regarding the development of new water supply for...
The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers will hold its annual national conference Sept. 24 and 25 in Moses Lake. ASFMRA leaders asked the League to assist with setting up a day-long workshop focused on the CBP Speakers will include Mike Schwisow, Director...
The Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program is transferring deep well irrigators from the depleting Odessa Aquifer to more reliable Columbia Basin Project surface water. The project includes expanding the width of canals to increase delivery capacity. When canal widths increase, the bridges that cross the...
Columbia Basin Hydropower provides administration, operations, and maintenance for hydroelectric facilities owned by the three Columbia Basin Irrigation Districts (East, South, and Quincy). The power they produce benefits the local economy and the farmers of the Columbia Basin. Darvin Fales has been involved with the Columbia...
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...