YBSA Monthly Report December, 2007 Landowners Meeting: YBSA held a landowners meeting to discuss with the residents and property owners the need for Black Rock and to answer questions. Benton County Commissioner Max Benitz provided the introduction and explained the…
YBSA Monthly Report November, 2007 Roundtable 4: The Bureau of Reclamation held roundtable 4 of the Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study. The report indicated there would be no change in the irrigation or municipal supply targets. The Fisheries…
YBSA Monthly Report October, 2007 Fair Booth: YBSA’s booth at the Central Washington Fair in Yakima was a huge success. The people who stopped by were interested in the progress of the Study, if there was any problem that would…
YBSA Monthly Report September, 2007 Black Rock Approval Coming: About 16 months from now the Storage Study will be presented to Congress. YBSA will have to work with a new President and Congress to get approval for construction of Black…
YBSA Monthly Report August, 2007 Media Campaign: The YBSA Board of Directors has authorized a media campaign to inform the general population on the value of the Black Rock Project. The information will be distributed through the media this fall.…
YBSA Monthly Report July, 2007 Meeting about Seepage: YBSA met with Gerry Kelso and the Yakima Basin Storage Study Team July 24. The BOR has completed their estimate of seepage. It has been delivered to Hanford for their review and…
YBSA Monthly Report June, 2007 Meeting with New Vision and Tri-Dec: Members of the Yakima Basin Storage Alliance and Ted Strong met with members of Yakima County Development Association (New Vision) and Tri Cities Development Association (Tri-Dec) in Prosser to…
YBSA Monthly Report May, 2007 Meeting with Gerry Kelso: Members of YBSA discussed with Gerry Kelso the hypothetical Simulations of potential impacts to the Hanford Site Unconfined Aquifer from Black Rock seepage prepared by V.L. Freedman Pacific Nothwest National Laboratory.…
YBSA Monthly Report April, 2007 Fisheries Technical Work Group: The Storage Study Fisheries Technical Work Group objectives are to provide the opportunity and flexibility to improve fishery resource conditions throughout the mainstem Yakima and Naches Rivers. They include improve conditions…
YBSA Monthly Report March, 2007 BOR Stakeholders Roundtable: YBSA attended the stakeholders roundtable, hosted by the Bureau of Reclamation, to discuss the Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study/Feasibility Analysis and NEPA/SEPA EIS. The opening statement at the Roundtable was,…
