A 1921 report by the Washington Geologic Survey reported that 1,486 pounds of copper had been mined there that year, which at the time was worth roughly $188. With copper prices today, that same ...

Raising the level and area of the Bumping Lake Reservoir and adding new reservoirs have also been proposed. But such resilience comes at a cost, estimated at about $4 billion over 30 years.

In the mid-1950s, there was a small but active uranium rush in the Bumping Lake area. More than 100 claims were staked out for the radioactive metal in the area of Copper Creek and Chinook Pass ...

The view of Bumping Lake from the bank near Chris Maykut's cabin. A Yakima Basin water plan could enlarge the central Washington lake, which would flood a small, shoreline community.

Maykut, whose family has been coming to the lake since 1938, proposed to his wife on Bumping Lake beach. The family’s 80-year-old cabin has no electricity, just propane tanks.

Forest closures remain in effect around Bumping Lake and in the fire area between Highway 410 and Highway 12. Both of those routes are open, ... The Washington Post or Bloomberg News.