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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 18 > More river water eyed for irrigation

More river water eyed for irrigation

'Oregon Oasis' initiative looks at tapping the Columbia for farming

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
February 18, 2007

SALEM - It was the promise of water that brought Kent Madison's grandfather to the family's sprawling farm in Oregon's Umatilla Basin.

Escapees of the Missouri dust bowl almost a century ago, the Madisons planted roots on property once crossed by the Oregon Trail and fed by government-built....

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