irrigation

(Runtime 1:02)If the four dams on the Lower Snake River were to be removed, a lot of the services they provide would need to be replaced. That includes…

(Runtime 1:21)In the Tri-Cities, a forum recently drew mostly people who want to keep the Lower Snake River dams in place. They raised some…

A story in plot points: a federal map tracking the latest snowpack shows Oregon awash with royal blue, turquoise and green dots. In Washington state there…

(Runtime :51)After being blasted with snow in early January, are snowpack levels in Oregon and Washington looking a lot better?Matt Warbritton with the…

(Runtime 0:52)After decades of courtroom drama, a document leak and years of negotiation, federal officials agreed with six Northwest tribes to restore…

The Kennewick Irrigation District, or KID, wants to flood 400 acres of land for a new reservoir. It’d take at least eight to 10 years to design, permit and build. A project on this scale hasn’t been built in the Yakima Basin since the 1930’s. And this 65-acre pumpkin farm is in the way.

For much of the Northwest, snowpack is above normal. That’s a good sign this time of year, when snowpack usually reaches its peak. Having enough snowpack is critical for spring and summer runoff that will supply water for irrigation and salmon runs. But that doesn’t mean everywhere has that much snow.

Four landowners near Moses Lake, Washington, have been fined $618,000 for illegal water use. The water was pumped from the Odessa aquifer, which has been…

Cell phone towers in Oregon’s path of totality are expected to overload. That’s because of selfies-with-the-sun that thousands of visitors might try to…