THE GORGE — This summer, Djuli Lomboy walked over 200 miles up the Big River, a prayer walk done in protest of the Hanford Nuclear Site and other industrial impacts, and a project she says was given to her by the land. Now she’s organizing others on behalf of the river.

HOOD RIVER CO. — East Fork Irrigation District urged patrons to scale back their water consumption to 70% of normal use last Friday, July 31.

OSMB says the new 10-foot rule only impacts a small portion of previously exempt users, but for many businesses and recreation users, it’s another permit to purchase.

Faced with poor snowpack, two irrigation districts, a grower and a conservationist share what they expect this summer

THE DALLES — The City of The Dalles wants to double the size of its primary water storage reservoir, Crow Creek, and pull more winter runoff from the Dog River — a project first planned in the 1990s.

 By Dan Spatz

By Emma Renly