Washington Water and Watershed Project of Trout Unlimited

With water cuts a reality, Yakima Basin farmers find new ways to stretch a precious resource Water conservation tools are particularly important this season as the Yakima Basin farmers face a short water year. Junior water rights holders recently had their water allocation cut to 73%

Hope you can join us tomorrow at the Wenatchee River Institute to learn about Beaver Powered Restoration.

Join WRI and Washington Native Plant Society to learn about the Wenatchee-Entiat Beaver Project! Michael Dello Russo of Icicle Valley Trout Unlimited and Alex Harwell of Cascadia Conservation District will tell us about the project. It provides education and outreach to manage human-beaver conflicts, relocates beavers, and constructs beaver dam analogs to restore aquatic and riparian environments in Central Washington.

This is a FREE, hybrid event. You may join us in person in the Red Barn or via Zoom. Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. There will be a donation basket at the door.

More info: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2023/04/26/red-barn-event-beaver-powered-restoration-the-wenatchee-entiat-beaver-project/425962

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/711718300

USFWS is hiring in our area. Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested.

Fish Biologist This position is a Fish Biologist (Habitat), GS- 0482-11 working in Leavenworth, Washington, for the R1-Mid-Columbia River FWCO.

We aee hiring interns for the summer for our beaver relocation and BDA program. Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested.

Trout Unlimited Inc. - Beaver Restoration Technician Trout Unlimited is a national organization with 300,000 members and supporters organized into over 400 chapters and councils nationwide. These dedicated grassroots volunteers are matched by a respected staff of organizers, lawyers, policy experts, and scientists, who work out of more than 45 offices...

Celebration of great work and partnership

Reclamation’s and its Yakima Basin Integrated Plan partners accomplished many great things in 2022 for the Yakima basin in Washington. The team is happy to share their accomplishments with you! Hot off the presses is the YBIP Highlights success stories. Read it here http://ow.ly/nJpj50M7vxx.

Something entirely new: Using dams to save salmon In the Yakima Basin, irrigators and the Yakama Nation are investigating how reservoirs can be used to create artificial currents that mimic natural ones Big slacker: Cle Elum Dam has wreaked environmental havoc. A new strategy could make it part of the solution. Photo:

https://columbiainsight.org/something-entirely-new-using-dams-to-save-salmon/

Thanks Nathan for such a great article about the work in the Yakima Basin. Kittitas Reclamation DistrictYakima Basin Integrated PlanWashington Department of EcologyBureau of Reclamation Trout Unlimited Nathan Gilles

Something entirely new: Using dams to save salmon In the Yakima Basin, irrigators and the Yakama Nation are investigating how reservoirs can be used to create artificial currents that mimic natural ones Big slacker: Cle Elum Dam has wreaked environmental havoc. A new strategy could make it part of the solution. Photo:

Thank you Cascade Fisheries and Cascade Conservation District for the great fun this year and also all of the accomplishments we have had wokring together. 2023 is going to be the best year yet!

https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=62429&clientkey=753A1C05F4FE96A96F51BF3F59639790

The Colville Tribe is hiring for a position in the Wenatchee Basin. If you know someone that is looking, please pass along.

Fish Biologist II/Senior/Principal (DS-22451) CLOSING DATE:          Friday, November 11, 2022 POSITION:     ...

We put camera's out at many of our beaver relocation sites and get to see many other animals but what a surprise to see a fisher last week when the film was downloaded. -Entiat Beaver Project U.S. Forest Service - Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Trout Unlimited

What a great team we have in what has been a very busy fall work schedule. This fall weather has allowed folks to get out and complete some great projects on public and private lands in Chelan County. Staff from Trout Unlimited Cascadia Conservation District Cascade Fisheries U.S. Forest Service - Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest are working in the Wenatchee and Entiat basins on multiple low tech habitat projects building up the structure in tributaries to the Wenatchee and Entiat Rivers. So many thanks to these and our funder partners for all of their support. Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Beaver reintroduction photos to follow if we can ever get those folks out of the field.

Great footage of salmonids up the Entiat River

Middle Entiat: Large Wood Structure Fish Use Large wood structures, placed in several large scale restoration projects throughout the Middle Entiat River, create hydraulics that prompt bed surfaces to s...

Many thanks to the Yakima Flyfishers/Trout Unlimited folks who spent Saturday cleaning up the Yakima River as a way of celebrating National Public Lands Day. They had a great day but unfortunately found a LOT of garbage. Yakima Fly Fishers Association-TU Chapter 094 Yakima Basin Integrated PlanYakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board Trout Unlimited

All of us in restoration work are where we are today due to the mentors and leaders we have worked with. For all of us at the Washington Water Project, Stan Bradshaw has steered us to the incredible work we do today. We are so grateful for your mentorship and support. Stan, what a well deserved award from your Montana colleagues. We are celebrating you!

This Saturday! Thanks Trust for Public Land

Learn about a unique opportunity to protect Twin Peaks and other important lands in Chelan Co.! This Sat., Oct.1st.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-to-no-2-canyon-expanding-recreation-opportunities-in-chelan-county-tickets-407519721457

Thanks for sharing Cascadia Conservation District.  this is fantastic.

Another good article about the Yakima.

Opinion: As water levels drop, Yakima emerges as a model As the West writhes with the pain of its worst drought in 1,200 years, the Yakima Valley can take some comfort in being a step ahead of most of its

A great day spent with Trout Unlimited head of Government Affairs, Steve Moyer today visiting the Yakima Basin looking at Yakima Basin Integrated Plan , Kittitas Reclamation District, Yakama Nation Fisheries and TU projects. So much to showcase on how the Yakima basin is looking to build resiliency for the future. Added bonus was joining Patty Murray in Kittitas to talk about how programs and funding can ensure increased forest health throughout Central Washington, provide education to those living in fire prone areas on making their properties firewise and making sure there is increased support for those who are protecting us fighting forest fires Many thanks to Urban Eberhart for such a great day. Huge thanks to Washington Department of Ecology, Bureau of Reclamation National Fish and Wildlife Foundation USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office for your financial support on our projects.

Beautiful day up Icicle Creek today. Thanks to Bonneville Power Administration, USFWS Fisheries, Leavenworth Fisheries Complex we are working to clean out the Boulder Field channel built last year. Excited to see the fish hanging out in the pools above the project.

WSDOT released a new video this week showing a herd of 55 elk, a rare sighting of a black bear using the crossing and a nursing elk calf.

New WSDOT video shows benefits of wildlife crossings, with more coming to Washington

Our friend and mentor. Thank you Urban Eberhart for always reminding us to be visionary, think outside the box, think big and keep asking for money for good projects because if you don't ask for it, you won't get it!

Western Innovator: Irrigation district manager promotes alternative to water wars ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Kittitas Reclamation District manager Urban Eberhart says the Yakima River Basin water plan helped the region avoid prolonged legal battles over the most precious resource.

thanks for being part of the important work

The beaver crew is up and running for the year and we are eager to help landowners in Chelan and Douglas counties.

Are you or someone you know having issues with beavers, send them our way! We provide free site visits and services for all things beaver related.

Thank you!

A great video about the power of partnerships to help deal with water issues throughout the west
https://vimeo.com/685729483/e4fcac7ac3

WACC: The Power of Partnerships Members of WACC (Western Agriculture and Conservation Coalition) share the story behind the ten-year-old organization's efforts to make large-scale improvements…

Our fantastic beaver team is in need of a truck. Rental costs have skyrocketed and our team is really busy. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Hey beaver project supporters, we have a big favor to ask! The beaver project is in need of a field truck to help haul our stream restoration tools, beavers and summer field crew. Do you have a truck sitting around that you no longer use? If you have a truck to donate, lend or another creative idea, please let us know. Thanks for all your support!

Great event

There’s only one Smith River! The Meagher Montana district court just agreed with our argument that DEQ did not adequately consider risks to the Smith when awarding a mining permit. A win for trout and lovers of wild and clean rivers everywhere. Thank you to everyone who donated time and money, wrote letters, made phone calls and organized friends and neighbors to protect this special place. We could not have done it without each of you!

Some great work going on throughout Washington State by the Washington State TU Council andTU staff members to assess fish passage in fish priority habitats on federal, state and private lands