DESCRIPTION
BPA Contract 54643. The Okanogan Conservation District will implement a voluntary cooperative compliance pump screening program within the Okanogan River Basin. This program will use the inventory results generated by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife that identified noncompliant diversions on the Okanogan River. The WDFW currently has data consisting of diversion locations (GPS) on approximately eighty (80) pump diversions on the Okanogan River. The Okanogan Conservation District will correlate these locations with the Washington State Department of Ecology water resources data to determine ownership of the screens and associated water rights so that the appropriate irrigators can be contacted. This program will partner with the Colville Confederated Tribes Fisheries Department, the Washington State Conservation Commission Irrigation Efficiencies Program, and the Washington State Department of Ecology Water Resources Program. The Okanogan Conservation District (OCD) will conduct landowner outreach activities—direct contact with willing landowners and assist with procurement and installation of pump screens. Individual projects within the basin will be prioritized by using existing inventory information through ground-truthing and by expressed willingness of individual landowners.
BPA Contract 54643. The Okanogan
Conservation District will implement a voluntary cooperative compliance pump
screening program within the Okanogan River Basin. This program will use the
inventory results generated by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
that identified noncompliant diversions on the Okanogan River. The WDFW
currently has data consisting of diversion locations (GPS) on approximately
eighty (80) pump diversions on the Okanogan River. The Okanogan Conservation
District will correlate these locations with the Washington State Department
of Ecology water resources data to determine ownership of the screens and
associated water rights so that the appropriate irrigators can be contacted.
This program will partner with the Colville Confederated Tribes Fisheries
Department, the Washington State Conservation Commission Irrigation
Efficiencies Program, and the Washington State Department of Ecology Water
Resources Program. The Okanogan Conservation District (OCD) will conduct
landowner outreach activities—direct contact with willing landowners and
assist with procurement and installation of pump screens. Individual projects
within the basin will be prioritized by using existing inventory information
through ground-truthing and by expressed willingness of individual
landowners.