On September 28, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bonneville Power Administration signed a joint Record of Decision (ROD) that will support ongoing operations, maintenance, and configuration of 14 federal dams…
If you turn the clock back to 1991, a young woman named Lynne Brougher traveled to Lake Roosevelt for the first time. She’s been a fixture serving our communities for two federal agencies ever since….
National Park Service Visitor Use Site Management Plan Adopted The Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (LRNRA) Visitor Use Site Management Plan was completed in September. This effort, which began in 2017, focuses on nine priority…
The Columbia River Basin is the last major watershed in the U.S. not infested by zebra and quagga mussels. An intergovernmental network continues the effort to keep these unsightly and potentially economically devastating organisms from…
Metals smelting dating back to the turn of the century contaminated soils in the town of Northport, putting children’s health at risk. Building on work initiated in 2004, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted…
The River Mile (TRM) network program received a two-year, $100,000 EPA Environmental Education (EE) grant. It will support TRM’s efforts to engage K-12 students in real-world STEM through scientific research, data collection, and analysis. Field…
The Lake Roosevelt Forum has published the 2020 Draft Human Health Risk Assessment Public Guide for the Lake Roosevelt and Upper Columbia River Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (UCR RI/FS). Click here to view on-line version. Email…
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced additional harvest opportunity for white sturgeon in Lake Roosevelt upstream of the China Bend Boat Ramp. Click here for news release with details.
This summer the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area has had five wildfires, four of which were human caused. Click here for NPS news release with tips for preventing wildfires and ways to report a fire or suspicious…
The 15th Annual in the Spirit Contemporary Native Arts Exhibition has gone virtual for 2020. Juried by experts, the exhibition celebrates and promotes emerging contemporary Native art in the region. Click here to view 2020 pieces and…
The backdrop for Forum activities is the unique and distinct needs of Lake Roosevelt, which resulted from creating a reservoir to support operational capacity at Grand Coulee Dam. Two Indian tribes, federal agencies, state agencies and four counties have specific interests in the management of the lake. Individually and collectively, they seek to meet a diverse set of environmental, economic and cultural needs.
Operating as a non profit organization, Lake Roosevelt Forum continues to successfully engage in a set of public outreach activities intended to further strengthen collaboration and cooperation among the many stakeholders with interests in and around Lake Roosevelt.
Lake Roosevelt Forum is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Federal Tax ID: 91-1566293
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