The Three Sisters Irrigation District On-Farm and Renewable Energy Project is a multi-partner initiative in Central Oregon that modernizes traditional irrigation methods to conserve water, reduce energy use, and improve ecological sustainability, transforming local farming practices in the face of persistent drought and climate change.
On August 4th, 2023 DRC staff took the opportunity to visit a project property and Whychus Creek, which have both transformed over the past 2 decades. The property in Sisters transferred water instream in Whychus Creek over 10 years ago.
Whychus Creek is coming back to life after a 9 phase piping project that has modernized Three Sisters Irrigation District and restored year-round flows in the iconic creek that runs through Sisters, Oregon.
This year we are celebrating the completion of a 10-year water conservation project with Three Sisters Irrigation District (TSID) to pipe their main canal in Sisters, Oregon. Together with other water purchases over the past…
Includes the 2017 Flow Restoration Report, Project Updates on the Basin Study and McKay Creek, A Ten-Year Look at Restoration in Whychus Creek, and the Introduction or the DRC’s New Blog Series. View the 2017…
If you’re like me, the transition to summer over the past month has been a welcome one! In Oregon, summer not only means longer, warmer days but also less wet stuff falling from the sky. …
DRC worked with several landowners to transfer 0.87 cfs of senior water rights off of developing lands at the edge of Sisters (2012 – 2016). The Whychus Creek irrigation diversion was a fish barrier and…
This week we are celebrating our longstanding partnership with Marc Thalacker and his 20th anniversary as Manager of the Three Sisters Irrigation District. Marc’s vision, will and determination were instrumental in the achievement of historic…
McKay Creek Upper Deschutes River The Basin Study Work Group is a basin wide collaborative working to restore flows in critical reaches such as the Upper Deschutes for the past 2 years. This year, the group…
