Wildfire damage threatens key irrigation canal supplying Washington orchards

Wildfire damage threatens key irrigation canal supplying Washington orchards

A wildfire that swept Yakima County last year left a century-old irrigation canal so unstable that engineers are racing to prevent catastrophic water loss for thousands of acres of orchards.Brett Walton reports for Circle of Blue.In short:The 2024 Retreat Fire burned 45,000 acres above the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation Canal, destabilizing slopes and sending boulders and debris crashing into the waterway.The canal, which supplies 35,000 acres of frui…