Collaboration

A Basin Advisory Committee (BAC) was created with representatives from agriculture, environment, recreation/quality of life, economic development, local government, Tribal government, and federal and state government sectors. The BAC advises the governments of Oregon, Washington state, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation on strategies to improve the basin, including project and policy development.

Agriculture Interest Groups

  • Mark Wagoner

    Gardena Farms Irrigation District

    PRIMARY SEAT #1

  • Mike Ingham

    Gardena Farms Irrigation District

    ALTERNATE SEAT #1

  • Annie Byerley

    Walla Walla Conservation District

    PRIMARY SEAT #2

  • Renee Hadley

    Walla Walla Conservation District

    ALTERNATE SEAT #2

  • Allie Newhouse

    Little River Group

    PRIMARY SEAT #3

  • Vacant

    ALTERNATE SEAT #3

  • Travis Trumbull

    Walla Walla River Irrigation District

    PRIMARY SEAT #4

  • Nathan Rea

    Oregon Agriculture

    ALTERNATE SEAT #4

Environment Interest Groups

  • Ralph Perkins

    Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council

    PRIMARY SEAT #1

  • Troy Baker

    Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council

    ALTERNATE SEAT #1

  • Judith Johnson

    Kooskooskie Commons

    PRIMARY SEAT #2

  • Sarah Dymecki

    Washington Water Trust

    ALTERNATE SEAT #2

  • Vacant

    PRIMARY SEAT #3

  • Ali Fitzgerald

    Snake River Salmon Recovery Board

    ALTERNATE SEAT #3

Recreation/Quality of Life Interest Groups

  • Linda Herbert

    Blue Mountain Land Trust

    PRIMARY SEAT #1

  • Jerry Norquist

    Community Member

    ALTERNATE SEAT #1

Economic Development Interest Groups

  • Nicholas Velluzzi

    Walla Walla Community College

    PRIMARY SEAT #1

  • Amy Schwab

    Port of Walla Walla

    ALTERNATE SEAT #1

Local Goverment Interest Groups

  • Steven Patten

    City of Milton Freewater

    PRIMARY SEAT #1

  • Brian Steadman

    City of Milton Freewater

    ALTERNATE SEAT #1

  • Frank Nicholson

    City of Walla Walla

    PRIMARY SEAT #2

  • Robert McAndrews

    City of College Place

    ALTERNATE SEAT #2

  • Dan Dorran

    Umatilla County

    PRIMARY SEAT #3

  • Vacant

    ALTERNATE SEAT #3

  • Todd Kimball

    Walla Walla County

    PRIMARY SEAT #4

  • Jack Miller

    Columbia County

    ALTERNATE SEAT #4

Tribal Government Interest Groups

  • Jerimiah Bonifer

    CTUIR

    PRIMARY SEAT #1

  • Chris Marks

    CTUIR

    ALTERNATE SEAT #1

Federal Government Interest Groups

  • Justin Yeager

    NOAA NMFS

    PRIMARY SEAT #1

  • Colleen Fagan

    NMFS

    ALTERNATE SEAT #1

  • Cindy Boen

    US Army Corps of Engineers

    PRIMARY SEAT #2

  • Vacant

    ALTERNATE SEAT #2

State Government Interest Groups

  • Mark Wachtel

    WA Department of Fish and Wildlife

    PRIMARY SEAT #1

  • Jeff Dengel

    WA Department of Fish and Wildlife

    ALTERNATE SEAT #1

  • Taylor McCroskey

    OR Department of Fish and Wildlife

    PRIMARY SEAT #2

  • Vacant

    ALTERNATE SEAT #2

Tri Sovereign Members

  • Anton Chiono

    CTUIR

  • Chris Kowitz

    OR Water Resources Department

  • Brook Beeler

    WA Department of Ecology

    PRIMARY SEAT

  • Melissa Downes

    WA Department of Ecology

    ALTERNATE SEAT