The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Kari Dingman

Campground 3 and Deer Lake Access road will be closed longer than anticipated as work has just begun on Rainbow Lake. Culbert Construction of Pasco has been awarded the project to deepen the lake so it can be reconfigured. The goal is to open up more flood plain for the Tucannon River, improve water quality to the Tucannon Hatchery, and to improve fishing in the lake. The project is part of the 2014 W. T. Wooten Floodplain Management Plan.