ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS - Stories of people and places in the Columbia Basin Building

In fact, the Columbia Basin Trust Act mandates us to include the people of the Basin in the development of the Columbia Basin Management Plan, which guides our work. [...] “Thank you for taking the time to consult and consider perspectives of the communities thoroughly.” BASIN RESIDENT “What I love the most about the Columbia Basin is the rivers that connect us and the connection that we have to those rivers and to the land.” YOUTH BASIN RESIDENT The Trust visited 23 communities to engage with residents. [...] But why the focus on leadership? Like all of the regional group’s efforts, the summit is based on the “I’m thankful for the needs and desires expressed by youth—and youth leadership has been opportunity to attend the the number one priority since the network began. [...] If you’ve got a leak spraying water During the next annual outage, the refurbished gate replaced all over the place, you’d run back to the valve and turn the yet another of the failing gates, and the cycle was repeated. [...] ourtrust.org/annualreport Stories of people and places in the Columbia Basin 41 about us Strengthening the Columbia Basin now and for future generations The Trust supports efforts to improve the social, economic and environmental well-being of the region FROM PROVIDING resources, to bringing people together, to generations to come.