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 si...
05 July, 2022Tell 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 liv...
05 July, 2022The 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 gro...
05 July, 2022In 2021, the League was awarded a Simplot Foundation grant to increase stakeholder engagement by promoting understanding of and generating support for the Columbia Basin Project. The award represente...
05 July, 2022The Columbia River Policy Advisory Group (CBPAG) at their June 2nd meeting received a presentation on the 2023-2025 Capital Budget Development from Melissa Downs, Office of Columbia River Financial an...
05 July, 2022The League’s March trip to Washington D.C. along with quarter one and quarter two developments in the political arena set the stage for a number of advocacy opportunities leveraged in recent months. F...
05 July, 2022The Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program (OGWRP) is an aquifer rescue mission that ultimately benefits the residents of multiple communities at risk of losing their livelihood to a declining aquifer...
05 July, 2022A small delegation led by the League returned to Washington DC on March 24th and 25th, after a two-year COVID-induced break. A return to a pre-COVID meeting regime made it possible to schedule in-pers...
05 July, 2022The Columbia Basin Development League announced that Sara Higgins has been promoted to Executive Director. Vicky Scharlau, who served as Executive Director will continue in an advisory role. Higgins, ...
05 July, 2022By: 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 2...
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