This project brings together a diverse set of partners in the Hood River watershed of the Columbia River Basin to focus on a top-priority water conservation and fish habitat project in the Lower East Fork Hood River. The project will construct Phase 1 of the Eastside Lateral pipeline project, assist agricultural producers with approximately 400 acres of on-farm water conservation practices, educate producers and farm workers on the latest irrigation water management techniques, and restore one mile of spawning and rearing habitat on the East Fork Hood River for threatened steelhead, spring Chinook, and Coho. NRCS programs that will support these efforts include EQIP, CSP, and PL566. Together, these projects will increase irrigation water reliability for high value food crops, improve resilience to drought, and restore instream habitat for ESA-listed species.