April 18, 2025
Out of sight is not out of mind.
News about Eightmile Lake has been sparse since last June, when the Washington State Department of Ecology announced its preferred alternative for a replacement dam. Work, however, has been quietly underway.
August 22, 2024
The U.S. Forest Service will need to decide if the replacement dam at Eightmile Lake complies with the Wilderness Act.
July 21, 2024
Washington State's Department of Ecology has given what appears to be its final word on relinquishment of water rights at Eightmile Lake.
June 23, 2024
Washington State's Department of Ecology has completed its EIS process and chosen a replacement dam that would raise Eightmile Lake, according to Ecology's figures, by four feet.
April 7, 2024
An irrigation district is moving its diversion point downstream to improve streamflow in the lower Icicle.
December 21, 2023
The City of Leavenworth and the Washington State Department of Ecology have settled their eleven-year-old lawsuit.
July 23, 2023
The decision not to make water from Eightmile Lake available to Leavenworth appears to mean more than what the Dept. of Ecology has said.
June 10, 2023
The "cart-before-horse" approach to designing a dam before knowing how much water it can hold has drawn broad criticism.