Regional water conservation plan sees increase in federal, state funding for winter construction projects

“A regionwide project decades in the making is forging ahead with the help of a new infusion of both state and federal funding, and the results can be seen right here on the ground in Kittitas County.

Congresswoman Kim Schrier visited one of the sites where components of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan are being implemented along the South Branch Canal west of Ellensburg on Jan. 27, meeting with representatives from the Kittitas Reclamation District, Yakama Nation, United States Bureau of Reclamation, and the Washington State Department of Ecology to receive an update on progress being made and plans for the future.”