Upper Yakima Watershed

WWT has been working to restore flow to the Teanaway River since 2003 when many stretches of this beautiful river important for endangered salmon would run dry in drought years and dangerously low even in normal years. Today, the Teanaway flows year round but we are still working to ensure the river has enough flow for fish to be able to pass critical riffles to reach upstream habitat. During the historic drought of 2015, the Teanaway River continued to flow thanks to WWT's flow agreements with local irrigators, saving local fish and wildlife from an environmental catastrophe.