office of the columbia river

The water outlook for the Columbia Basin isn’t looking great, but things could change.  Larry Mattson, Director at the Office of the Columbia River, said a drier-than-normal winter seems to have left the Northwest with water supplies lower than normal.  But he acknow...

At the Columbia Basin Development League Annual Meeting, Director of the Office of the Columbia River Tom Tebb reviewed the 2016 season in construction and discussed future projects.   Tebb said he can see the end zone and that he thinks 2017 could be a year of final steps in projects, but acknowledged they have to make sense for the farmers.  ...

The Washington State Department of Ecology is currently in the exploratory phase, and looking for public feedback, about proposed legislation to clear up the issuing of water rights.   DOE’s Joye Redfield-Wilder said that recent court cases have made water rights less certain.   “...