Month: January 2014

Conservation agreement helps creek

Sisters Nugget

After years of negotiation, working out a host of complicated details among property owner and agencies, a critical section of Whychus Creek will be restored to its natural condition.

Diversion dam near Sisters set for removal

Bend Bulletin

It took five years of discussions, most done around a kitchen table at Pine Meadow Ranch, but the plan to remove a diversion dam on Whychus Creek south of Sisters is now complete.

Projects aim to help fish through Bend

Bend Bulletin

Plans to build fish passage on two dams in Bend mean that within the next five years, the Mirror Pond dam will likely be the only man-made structure still blocking the path of fish on the Middle Deschutes River.

Bend Paddle Trail Alliance offers alternative

Bend Bulletin

The Bend City Council, Bend Park & Recreation District board and Mirror Pond ad hoc committee have all expressed a desire to maintain Mirror Pond, a section of the Deschutes River that backs up behind a dam.

Group hopes to study long-term water demand, supply

Bend Bulletin

A coalition of city officials, irrigation districts and conservation groups hopes to study the future of water supply and demand in the Deschutes Basin, with help from a new state water program.