The streamflow challenges currently facing the Deschutes Basin trace back more than 100 years. Eyeing a successful future for local agriculture and unaware of potential environmental consequences, settlers put the Basin’s water to work. The…
Month: June 2014
Irrigation piping proposal heads to Deschutes commissioners
Deschutes County commissioners will hear two vastly different takes next week on the impact of a local irrigation district’s proposal to replace nearly a mile of open canal with a closed pipe.
Whychus Creek: The life of Rimrock Ranch
Rimrock Ranch is a gorgeous 1,120 acre property situated along Whychus Creek near Sisters. When owners Gayle and Bob Baker moved to the ranch nearly two decades ago, they fell in love with the wild…
Editorial: Reject controversial canal piping in residential neighborhoods
Central Oregon Irrigation District is proposing to destroy a reach of the historic Pilot Butte Canal in a northeast Bend residential neighborhood to expand its Juniper Ridge hydropower facility.
Grant Will Address Climate Change Impacts, Options For Meeting Water Demands In Upper Deschutes
The Department of the Interior announced Monday that the Bureau of Reclamation will make $1.8 million available for comprehensive water studies addressing climate change options to three western river basins, with the largest grant going to the upper Deschutes River basin in central Oregon.
County hearing nears in Bend-area canal piping proposal
With less than three weeks before a public hearing over a controversial Central Oregon Irrigation District proposal to pipe a northeast Bend canal, another local irrigation district could be following in its footsteps.
Reclamation Funds Study for Sustainable Water Management in Oregon’s Upper Deschutes Basin
For Release: June 9, 2014 BEND, Ore.– The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation will make $1.8 million available for comprehensive water studies addressing climate change options to three western…
Feds fund Upper Deschutes climate change study
The Department of the Interior announced Monday that the Bureau of Reclamation will make $1.8 million available for comprehensive water studies addressing climate change options to three Western river basins, including the Upper Deschutes Basin in Central Oregon.
First phase of Whychus Creek restoration complete
The first phase of a makeover for 1½ miles of Whychus Creek south of Sisters is complete.