Reclamation

The Bureau of Reclamation’s July water supply forecast in encouraging news for central Washington Growers.  According to Reclamation, the Yakima basin water supply will fully satisfy all senior and junior users this irrigation season.  June com...

After Washington Governor Jay Inslee and senior Senator Patty Murray released a draft report on breaching the four lower Snake River Dams, Idaho Senator Jim Risch announced his opposition. “Not even two years ago, the federal government completed a comprehensive and scientific multi-year study of the lower Snake River dams. The ...

The wet, snowy weather the region saw last month, is translating into good news for central Washington irrigators. The Bureau of Reclamation’s May 2022 total water supply available forecast for the Yakima basin indicates the water supply will not only fully satisfy all senior users, but junior water rights holders will get their entire allotment at this point in the season. B ...

It appears, that senior and junior water rights in the Yakima basin will be satisfied this irrigation season. According to the Bureau of Reclamation’s March 2022 total water supply forecast, precipitation was 113% of average from October to February and 100% of average for February. On ...

Earlier this week, the Klamath Water Users Association called on supporters of agriculture to stop intimidating and inappropriate behaviors immediately. The names and addresses of Bureau of Reclamation employees have reportedly been published on social media, inviting anger be directed toward those individuals ...

Very little changed from May to June, when it comes to the water entitlements in the Yakima basin. According to the Bureau of Reclamation, senior water rights will be fully satisfied at this point, while junior water rights will receive an estimated 92% of the entitlements this irrigation season; up slightly from the 91% announced in early May ...

On Tuesday, Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse and Central California’s Jim Costa penned a letter to congressional leadership urging the inclusion of critical water infrastructure in the upcoming COVID-19 stimulus package. The bipartisan letter was signed by 24 members of Congress. The lette ...

Because of the very dry conditions in March and April, Yakima Basin junior water rights holders will see limitations this irrigation season. The Bureau of Reclamation's most recent Water Supply forecast shows senior water rights will be fully satisfied while junior rights holder will get 91% of the entitlement ...

It’s a project that’s consumed much of Central Washington for over 70 years, but unfortunately it shows no immediate signs of wrapping up. The Columbia Basin Development Project is the effort to irrigate one million acres of farm land. And while ...

Ask Scott Revell, manager of the Roza Irrigation District, he’ll tell you Dan Newhouse’s recently introduced Water Act would be a huge benefit for irrigation agriculture across the western U.S.  He says additional funding is sorely needed.  For example, h...