Month: February 2014

Farmers, fish and streams win in Whychus

We can look forward to a higher flowing, healthier Whychus Creek this summer as a result of the latest in a series of restoration projects that have revived this Sisters creek. Once a dry creek…

$24M price on water treatment

Bend Bulletin

The Bend City Council is expected to approve a guaranteed maximum price of just under $24 million for the construction of the membrane water treatment plant associated with the Bridge Creek water project.

Flooding hits south county

Bend Bulletin

Warming temperatures and a series of rainstorms have flooded parts of south Deschutes County one week after record snowfall slammed Central Oregon.

Judge won’t block Bridge Creek project

Bend Bulletin

A federal judge Friday rejected an attempt by Central Oregon LandWatch to halt the city of Bend’s Bridge Creek municipal water project.

Water talks continue

Bend Bulletin

City of Bend officials plan to continue settlement talks this week with groups that sued to stop its $24 million Bridge Creek water supply project.

Utility will repair Mirror Pond dam

Bend Bulletin

PacifiCorp announced this afternoon that it will repair the leak in Mirror Pond dam in April, in time for people to enjoy higher water levels on the Deschutes River this summer.

Ryan Ranch wetland plan coalesces

Bend Bulletin

Three years after its planned wetland restoration upstream of Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River riled irrigators, the U.S. Forest Service is close to finalizing a revised plan.