Yakima Basin Integrated Plan workgroup

Citizen and water interests seeking long-term water solutions are participating on our Yakima River Basin workgroup. Joining our federal and local government partners and agencies are the Yakama Nation, regional irrigation districts, and environmental organizations. We jointly co-chair the group with our federal partner, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the large Yakima irrigation project.

The group meets quarterly to discuss Yakima Basin Integrated Plan policy and project development. The public is encouraged to attend meetings and participate by providing comments.

• Find workgroup reports, meeting notes, handouts, and presentations (US Bureau of Reclamation site).
• Join the Yakima Basin Plan email list

2019 schedule

All meetings are held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• Sept. 19 – Yakima​ 
  • Yakima Area Arboretum
    1401 Arboretum Drive (map)
• Dec. 11 – Yakima
  • Central Washington State Fairgrounds

Subcommittees

Subcommittee meetings are open to the public. Please contact Karen Dera (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) to be added to a specific subcommittee's notification list. Here are the subcommittees and their chairs:

• Outreach Subgroup, Steve Malloch
• Economic Subcommittee, Mike Leita
• Groundwater Subcommittee, Tom Ring
• Watershed Land Conservation Subcommittee, Peter Dykstra
• Habitat Subcommittee, Jeff Tayer
• Water Use Subcommittee, Scott Revell
• Municipal Water Use Subgroup, Dave Brown
• Lower River Subgroup, Jason McShane

Membership

Wendy McDermott American Rivers	Jerome Delvin Benton County Commission	Seth Defoe Kennewick Irrigation District
Cory Wright Kittitas County Commission	Urban Eberhart Kittitas Reclamation District	Dale Bambrick NOAA Fisheries Service
Scott Revell Roza Irrigation District	Ron Cowin Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District	Lisa Pelly Trout Unlimited
Dawn Wiedmeier US Bureau of Reclamation	Jim Craig US Fish & Wildlife Service	Mike Williams US Forest Service
Bret Walters US Army Corps of Engineers	Jaclyn Hancock WA Department of Agriculture	Tom Tebb WA Department of Ecology
Mike Livingston WA Department of Fish & Wildlife	Josh Wilund WA Department of Natural Resources	Dave Fast Yakama Nation
Phil Rigdon Yakama Nation	Alex Conley Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board	Sid Morrison Yakima Basin Storage Alliance
Mike Leita Yakima County Commission	Carmen Méndez Yakima City Council	Rick Dieker Yakima-Teiton Irrigation District