WW: Desert snapshot Vaguely sci-fi.

Desert snapshot

Vaguely sci-fi

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#ColumbiaBasin, #desert, #GoldSide, #MtRainier, #photograpy, #renewableenergy, #windpower, #WordlessWednesday

WW: Desert snapshot _(Photo taken during my outbacking trek through the Columbia Basin last summer. Mt. Rainier in the distance. Open in a new tab to see it to better effect.)_

Desert snapshot

Vaguely sci-fi

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#ColumbiaBasin, #desert, #GoldSide, #MtRainier, #photograpy, #renewableenergy, #windpower, #WordlessWednesday

WW: Desert snapshot _(Photo taken during my outbacking trek through the Columbia Basin last summer. Mt. Rainier in the distance. Open in a new tab to see it to better effect.)_

Desert snapshot

Vaguely sci-fi

rustyring.blogspot.com/2026/04/ww-desert-snapsh...

#ColumbiaBasin, #desert, #GoldSide, #MtRainier, #photograpy, #renewableenergy, #windpower, #WordlessWednesday

#PacificNorthwest on Course to Protect Imperiled #ColumbiaBasin #Salmon, Steelhead 🐟
Court-ordered emergency measures not only will help protect imperiled salmon and steelhead, but also underscores the need for longer-term measures to recover the species.
https://ow.ly/gNet50YmGkS

Dall Sheep in Central WA
#wildlife #columbiabasin

Tarpiscan Creek, Central WA
#creek #columbiabasin #outside
#shrubsteppe #hike #wildlifepreserve

Dry Gulch Preserve, Central WA
#hike #foothills #columbiabasin
#desert #sagebrush

Josh Mills and Mike Leahy: Clean power and abundant salmon – both are possible Last June, the federal government turned its back on the Northwest when it unilaterally withdrew from the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, forged by the states of Washington and Oregon, four Columbia Basin Tribes, and community stakeholders – after extensive regional input. This agreement was an alternative to decades long lawsuits, and an important pathway forward to protect and recover wildlife, while meeting all the needs of impacted people and communities. After years of hard work, negotiation, and the collaborative agreements set forth in the RCBA were recklessly terminated, State,...

"Salmon and steelhead need a healthy, resilient river. And we need them. They are a national treasure, and we can’t let them disappear."

Read more from NWF's Mike Leahy on the Resilient #ColumbiaBasin Agreement:
https://ow.ly/JL9050XrNiK

Home BNI: Largest Referral Organization

Announcing the official launch of BNI Columbia Basin! We help local professionals grow their businesses through a structured, supportive, and proven referral marketing system.

Find your chapter today!
cbwabni.com

#BNI #ColumbiaBasin #Networking #BusinessGrowth #TriCitiesWA #Referrals #MosesLakeWA

Digging deeper with Jaynee Levy "I find that I need a constant input of nature to keep my sanity."

Digging deeper with Jaynee Levy

tumbleweird.org/digging-deeper-with-jaynee-levy/

By: Jenny Rieke

#natureishome #outdoorlearning #kidsinnature
#natureeducation #teachersfornature #midcolumbia #nativeplants #columbiabasin #conservation #pacificnorthwest #columbiariver #easternwashington

Boots in the Basin: New footing "I wish you the fortitude to find new footing."

Boots in the Basin

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By: Jenny Rieke

#midcolumbia #nativeplants #columbiabasin #conservation #heritagegardens #pacificnorthwest #columbiariver #easternwashington #audubonsociety #nationalaudubonsociety #conservationmatters #wildliferefuge #plantsmakepeoplehappy

Urgent coverage from our friends at Grist mark the troubling reversal of a landmark agreement by the US government: grist.org/indigenous/s...

@grist #ColumbiaBasin #TribalSovereignty

Trump pulls out of $1 billion Biden-brokered Columbia River salmon restoration plan The Trump administration on Thursday pulled out of a $1 billion Biden-era plan to restore salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin more than a century after overfishing and dams be

“This action tries to hide from the truth. The Nez Perce Tribe holds a duty to speak the truth for the #salmon, and the truth is that extinction of salmon populations is happening now.” — Nez Perce Tribe Chairman Shannon Wheeler. 🐟 #ColumbiaBasin
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#nativeplants #shrubsteppe #nativegardening #Washingtonstate #tricitiesWA #WestRichlandWA #ColumbiaBasin #washingtonwildflowers #habitatgarden #xeriscaping #waterwisegarden

Boots in the Basin: a local environmental coalition “What if together we shared cultivation of the pipeline for stewards of our precious environment?”

Boots in the Basin: a local environmental Tri-Cities Immigrant Coalition By: Sara Quinn
tumbleweird.org/boots-in-the...
Picture by: Jenny Rieke
#midcolumbia #nativeplants #columbiabasin #conservation #heritagegardens #pacificnorthwest #columbiariver #easternwashington #audubonsociety