Seattle Times: Yakima Basin Plan “is a refreshing counterpoint to frustrations with gridlock elsewhere in politics.”

by Tim Hill, Office of Columbia River

Lance Dickie writes in The Seattle Times:

A long, frustrating campaign season and years of legislative paralysis in Congress fuel a need for optimism about a fresh start in politics.

I believe I have found it, and it is here at home in this Washington. The name does not roll off the tongue, but it illustrates how things can change for the better:

The Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan is a product of extraordinary work and compromise, and it offers long-term benefits for the environment and economy.

Read the rest of Mr. Dickie’s column.

More about the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan.

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