Month: July 2012

Landmark Agreement Reached on Crooked River Water

The Source Weekly

A more than yearlong tug of war over unallocated water behind Bowman that pit irrigation districts and the city of Prineville against environmental groups has resulted in a landmark agreement that allocates more water for farmers, cities and fish.

Dam on Whychus to be removed

Bend Bulletin

A small old dam on Whychus Creek in Sisters is set to come out next year, removing one of the last blockages for spawning salmon and steelhead on the stream.

Mirror Pond gets cash boost

Bend Bulletin

The Bend Park & Recreation District voted Tuesday to spend $100,000 to study a solution to the silt problem in Mirror Pond.

In Northwest dam project, fish are back in the water

Bend Bulletin

When it comes to disappearing species and humanity’s harmful imprints on nature, hardly anybody expects anything to go right. People move in, engineers build, wildlife dies: It’s an old story.

Editorial: Support Walden's Bowman Dam bill

Bend Bulletin

The clock is ticking for Crook County’s Bowman Dam and those who hope to pass a bill to move a line wrongly drawn through its center years ago.

Editorial: Fix Mirror Pond

Bend Bulletin

Hooray for my new best old friend Dennis Flannery for his letter bringing to light the folly of the Mirror Pond dredging problem.

Bowman hydro plant bill on clock with Senate

Bend Bulletin

A bill that would provide water for Prineville and allow the construction of a $13 million hydroelectric plant at the Bowman Dam below Prineville Reservoir needs to move through the U.S. Senate this year if it’s likely to pass, Crook County and city officials say.