Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Congressman Hastings And Governor In Yakima Sunday

On Sunday, September 18th, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings will host Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in a visit to Central Washington’s Fourth Congressional District for a discussion on Yakima River Basin water and a tour of Hanford’s historic B Reactor.

“Secretary Salazar and I discussed his visiting Central Washington in one of our first conversations after I became Chairman,” said Hastings in announcing the trip. “I’m honored to host the Secretary for a discussion of water in the Yakima River basin, which is the lifeblood of our local farmers and economy, and for a tour of Hanford’s historic B Reactor.”

Governor Gregoire and Senator Maria Cantwell will also be welcoming Secretary Salazar to Central Washington for the day’s activities. The group’s visit will include a stop in Yakima for a roundtable discussion with stakeholders that have been working to achieve consensus on a water resource plan for the Yakima River Basin, a fly-over tour of tens of thousands of acres of orchards and farmland irrigated with water from the Bureau of Reclamation’s Yakima irrigation project, and a tour of the historic B Reactor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in the Tri-Cities.