DAYTON – The public will have two opportunities to ask questions and provide comments to officials with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife about the Wooten Floodplain Management Plan and Rainbow Lake closure, planned for this summer.

Meetings will be held on Tuesday, from 4-6 p.m. at the Walla Walla Community College Water & Environment Center, at 500 Tausick Way, and on Wednesday, from 4-6 p.m. at the Benton PUD Auditorium at 2721 W. 10th Ave. in Kennewick.

This year, the WDFW plans to increase the depth and size of Rainbow Lake by removing accumulated sediment and a spit i...