For years now, an effort has been underway to reintroduce steelhead and salmon to Central Oregon’s Deschutes River Basin. One of the biggest challenges has been the Crooked River.
Month: January 2012
January 11, 2012 – Bend Bulletin – How low is the snow?
A dry end to 2011 left a low snowpack around the Deschutes and Crooked rivers basin, prompting the Natural Resources Conservation Service to warn Tuesday of possible water shortages come summer.
January 21, 2012 – Bend Bulletin – Bond vote on dredging Mirror Pond is gaining momentum
Momentum is swinging toward putting a bond before voters in November to fund the dredging of Bend’s Mirror Pond.
January 23, 2012 – Bend Bulletin – Committee calls for dredging Mirror Pond
First things first: Mirror Pond needs to be dredged. At least that's what the people studying the sedimentation problem in the pond say.
January 22, 2012 – Bend Bulletin – Deadline set for water decision
Bend has until September or October to decide whether it will proceed with the Bridge Creek water system, City Manager Eric King said Saturday.
December 10, 2011 – Bend Bulletin – Bend must address residents’ water project concerns
The $68.2 million surface water improvement project has been presented to the community as the only way to assure long-term water supplies for the city.
January 2, 2012 – Bend Bulletin – Was it a bull trout in Tumalo Creek?
More than two decades ago, Tumalo Creek spawned a fish story perfectly constructed to appeal to conspiracy buffs.
January 4, 2012 – The Source Weekly – Bogged Down on Mirror Pond
A river wants to be a river, not a pond. You can make a river behave like a pond for a while by putting a dam in front of it, but sooner or later – sooner if the pond is shallow – the area outside of the main channel will fill up with sediment and the river will go back to being a river again.
January 6, 2012 – Bend Bulletin – Bend looking for relief in Bridge Creek water plan
Bend City councilors are hoping the state takes pity on them and gives them the chance to save local ratepayers money by knocking $29 million off a $68.2 million project.