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Assessment of the Lower Yakima River in Benton County, Washington

Appel, M.; Little, R.; Wendt, H.; Nielson, M. (Benton Conservation District, 2011)

Benton Conservation District (BCD) investigated the lower Yakima River from Prosser, WA to Richland, WA with the purpose of identifying and assessing high priority actions for the benefit of local and basin-wide salmon ...
Climate adaptation plan for the territories of the Yakama Nation.

Unknown author (Yakama Nation, 2016-04)

This document is an acknowledgment that climate change is real and that it poses a threat to our grandchildren, our culture, and our way of living. This document represents the first collective effort by our many governmental ...
Climate change impacts on water management and irrigated agriculture in the Yakima Basin, Washington, USA

Vano, Julie A; Scott, Michael; Voisin, Nathalie; Stockle, Claudio; Hamlet, Alan F.; Mickelson, Kristian E. B.; McGuire Elsner, Marketa; Lettenmaier, Dennis P. (Climatic Change, 2009)

The Yakima River Reservoir system supplies irrigation water to over 180,000 irrigated hectares (450,000 acres). Runoff is derived mostly from winter precipitation in the Cascade Mountains, much of which is stored as snowpack ...
Climate change in the Yakima Basin: Implications for aquatic habitat and water management.

Tohver, Ingrid M. (Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., 2015)

University of Washington Climate Impacts Group presentation at the Yakima Basin Science and Management Conference 2015.
Columbia Basin System Planning Salmon and Steelhead Production - Yakima River Basin

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation and The Washington Department of Fisheries (Northwest Power Planning Council, 1990-09-01)

This plan is one of the 31 Columbia river subbasin plans that comprise the system planning effort. The system plan will guide the adoption of future salmon and steelhead enhancement projects under the Northwest Power ...
Concentrations and loads of suspended sediment and nutrients in surface water of the Yakima River basin, Washington, 1999-2000 : with an analysis of trends in concentrations

Ebbert, James C.; Embrey, S.S.; Kelly, Janet A. (U.S. Geological Survey, 2003)

This report contains the major findings of a 1999-2001 assessment of water quality in streams in the Yakima River Basin. It is one of a series of reports by the NAWQA (National Water-Quality Assessment) Program that present ...
Development and application of a decision support system for water management investigations in the upper Yakima River, Washington

Bovee, Ken D.; Waddle, Terry J.; Talbert, Colin; Batt, Thomas R.; Hatten, James R. (U.S. Geological Survey, 2008)

The Yakima River Decision Support System (YRDSS) was designed to quantify and display the consequences of different water management scenarios for a variety of state variables in the upper Yakima River Basin, located in ...
DISTRIBUTION OF FISH, BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE, AND ALGAL COMMUNITIES IN RELATION TO PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONDITIONS, YAKIMA RIVER BASIN, WASHINGTON, 1990

Cuffney, Thomas F.; Meador, Michael R.; Porter, Stephen D.; Gurtz, Martin E. (U.S. Geological Survey, 1997)

Biological investigations were conducted in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, in conjunction with a pilot study for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Ecological surveys were conducted ...
Habitat limiting factors Yakima River Watershed, Water Resource Inventory Areas 37-39 : Final Report

Haring, Donald (Washington State Conservation Commission, 2001-12)

Section 10 of Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2496 (Salmon Recovery Act of 1998), directs the Washington State Conservation Commission, in consultation with local government and treaty tribes to invite private, federal, ...
IMPACTS OF IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT ON ANADROMOUS FISH IN THE YAKIMA RIVER BASIN, WASHINGTON

Tuck, Robert L. (Central Washington University, 1995-05)

Irrigation development, including the construction of unscreened diversions, the blockage of spawning and rearing habitat by reservoir dams, and the dewatering of spawning and rearing habitat, began in the mid-1800's and ...
Implications of 21st century climate change for the hydrology of Washington State

Elsner, Marketa M.; Cuo, Lan; Voisin, Natalie; Deems, J. S.; Hamlet, Alan F.; Vano, Julie A.; Mickelson, Kristian E. B.; Lee, Se-Yeun; Lettenmaier, Dennis P. (Climatic Change, 2010)

Pacific Northwest (PNW) hydrology is particularly sensitive to changes in climate because snowmelt dominates seasonal runoff, and temperature changes impact the rain/snow balance. Based on results from the Fourth Assessment ...
Lower Yakima River Suspended Sediment Total Maximum Daily Load Study

Coffin, Chris; Plotnikoff, Robert W.; Anderson, Ryan (Washington State Dept. of Ecology, 2006-05)

The Washington State Department of Ecology is required, under Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations, to develop and implement Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) ...
Non-Federal Irrigation Development in the Yakima River Basin Prior to 1905

Tuck, Robert (unknown, 1993)

During the 40-year period from 1865 to 1905, the Yakima Basin was transformed from a by-passed region to a thriving center of agricultural production. Bunch grass had been replaced by apple orchards and hay fields. Farm ...
Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Flow for the Yakima River Basin Aquifer System, Washington

Ely, D.M.; Bachmann, M.P.; Vaccaro, J.J. (U.S. Geological Survey, 2011)

A regional, three-dimensional, transient numerical model of groundwater flow was constructed for the Yakima River basin aquifer system to better understand the groundwaterflow system and its relation to surface-water ...
Pesticides in surface water of the yakima river basin, washington, 1999–2000—their occurrence and an assessment of factors affecting concentrations and loads

Ebbert, James C.; Embrey, Sandra S. (Washington State Dept. of Ecology, 2002)

The occurrence, distribution, and transport of pesticides in surface water of the Yakima River Basin were assessed using data collected during 1999–2000 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment ...
USBR Columbia River pump exchange project: potential water quality impacts on the lower Yakima River

Carroll, Jim; Joy, Joe (Washington State Dept. of Ecology, 2001-01)

Poor upstream water quality was concluded to be the foremost determinant of water quality conditions in the last 47 miles of the lower Yakima River evaluated in this study. Changes in operational flows at Chandler Canal ...
The Washington climate change impacts assessment: evaluating Washington's future in a changing climate

Littell, J. S.; McGuire-Elsner, M.; Whitely Binder, L.C.; Snover, A. K. (Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., 2009-06)

Temperature records indicate that Pacific Northwest temperatures increased 1.5°F since 1920. Climate models used in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report simulate the same ...
Water Quality in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, 1999-2000

Fuhrer, Gregory J.; Morace, Jennifer L.; Johnson, Henry M.; Rinella, Joseph F.; Ebbert, James C.; Embrey, Sandra S.; Waite Ian R., Ian R.; Carpenter, Kurt D.; Wise, Daniel R.; Hughes, Curt A. (U.S. Geological Survey, 2004)

This report contains the major findings of a 1999–2000 assessment of water quality in streams and drains in the Yakima River Basin. It is one of a series of reports by the NAWQA Program that present major findings on water ...
Watershed Management Plan: Yakima River Basin

Prepared by Economic and Engineering Services, Inc. in Association with Montgomery Water Group, Inc. R.C. Bain & Associates and McKenzie Consulting; Yakima River Basin Watershed Planning Unit; Tri-County Water Resources Agency; Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (Tri-County Water Resource Agency, 2003)

The Watershed Plan provides a "roadmap" for maintaining and improving the Basins economic base, planning responsibly for expected growth in population, managing water resources for the long-term, and protecting the Basins' ...
Yakima Bull Trout Action Plan Final September 2012

Reiss, Yuki K.; Thomas, Jeff; Anderson, Eric; Cummins, Jim (Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board (YBFWRB), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Mid-Columbia Fishery Resource Office (collectively, the YBTAP Working Group), 2012-09)

Summary of information on bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) populations in the Yakima Basin. This includes populations status, trends and distribution, habitat, a detailed analysis of threats, and relevant monitoring and ...

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