Central Oregon shouldn’t slow down a minute on piping irrigation canals. Piping keeps more water in the Deschutes River.
Month: January 2018
Editorial: Right result on canal historic designation
Efforts to gain a historic designation for another section of Central Oregon irrigation canal appears to have suffered a fatal blow. That’s the right result for the right reasons.
Feds OK SW Bend COID canal-piping project
In an effort provide for more reliable flows on the Deschutes River, the federal Bureau of Reclamation said Friday it has entered into an agreement on a southwest Bend canal-piping project with the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, the Central Oregon Irrigation District and other entities.
Notes from the Field: 2018 Snowpack So Far – Yikes!
By Kyle Gorman, South Central Region Manager for Oregon Water Resources Department As of today, the snowpack at the basin’s snow telemetered sites are reading 37% of average water content. We started off November with…
New fish ladder coming to Opal Springs
A $10.7 million project is coming to the Crooked River, designed to help the region’s salmon and steelhead populations traverse the river more effectively.
DRC Says Farewell To Our Longtime Development & Communications Director
After 12 years at Deschutes River Conservancy, Bea Armstrong is leaving her position as the Director of Development and Communications to seek new adventures with her family in Hong Kong. Bea was the DRC’s first…