{"id":882,"date":"2025-11-13T16:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/?page_id=882"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:37:55","slug":"water-rights-crop-choices-in-the-yakima-river-basin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/water-rights-crop-choices-in-the-yakima-river-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Rights &#038; Crop Choices in the Yakima River Basin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Student project by Zoe Pfeifer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The access of water shapes how farmers choose a crop to grow, especially during drought years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked\">Drought Year Water Allocation 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Senior<\/td><td>100%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Junior<\/td><td>43%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked\">Water Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Senior<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-1905<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receives water second, after Tribes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Junior<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Post-1905<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receives water last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked\">What They Grow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Crop<\/th><th>Water Needs<\/th><th>Typical Water Right<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Cherries<\/td><td>Moderate<\/td><td>Senior<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grapes<\/td><td>Flexible<\/td><td>Mixed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tree Fruits<\/td><td>High<\/td><td>Senior<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alfalfa<\/td><td>Flexible Annuals<\/td><td>Junior<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hops<\/td><td>High<\/td><td>Senior<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kid.org\">https:\/\/kid.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/pn\/programs\/yrbwep\/2011integratedplan\/plan\/framework.pdf\">https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/pn\/programs\/yrbwep\/2011integratedplan\/plan\/framework.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/rcw\/default.aspx?cite=90.38\">https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/rcw\/default.aspx?cite=90.38<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimacounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/28622\/YCWRS-Background-Report---Final_82021\">https:\/\/www.yakimacounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/28622\/YCWRS-Background-Report&#8212;Final_82021<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/pn\/programs\/yrbwep\/reports\/tm\/4-12marketreallocation.pdf\">https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/pn\/programs\/yrbwep\/reports\/tm\/4-12marketreallocation.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalpress.com\/2025\/06\/05\/yakima-river-basin-irrigators-take-hit-as-drought-worsens\/\">https:\/\/capitalpress.com\/2025\/06\/05\/yakima-river-basin-irrigators-take-hit-as-drought-worsens\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student project by Zoe Pfeifer &#8211; <\/p>\n<p>The access of water shapes how farmers choose a crop to grow, especially during drought years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/882\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwp.tricities.wsu.edu\/inef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}