onerka

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Will taxpayers be taken for a ride on new state irrigation plans?

Posted Thu, Feb 16, 8:43 a.m.

The potential Bumping Lake expansion is part of a much larger proposed package of water management and environmental restoration and protection actions that would leave the ecology and economy of the Yakima Basin a lot better off on the whole. The Odessa project, on the other hand, will only make ...

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Midday Scan: Gay marriage's unlikely opponent; Heroism on Rainier; Mt. Adams' shrinking glaciers

Posted Tue, Jan 10, 9:26 a.m.

Snoqualman, the proposal to expand Bumping Lake by 2,800 acres (about 1/3rd of that acreage is old growth) is part of a much broader proposal to improve water reliability, restore salmon and steelhead, and protect key watersheds in the Yakima Basin. In addition to new water storage, the multi-stakeholder compromise ...

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