The Deschutes Brewery plans to celebrate their 30th anniversary this summer with a party, free to the community on Saturday, June 30th, from noon to 9:30 pm in Drake Park. The day will include music and festivities will begin at...
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We are happy to announce that this year’s RiverFeast Dinner and Auction was a great success! Thanks to the generosity of our community, tickets were sold out and were able to offer 11 exciting live auction items to an enthusiastic...
Join us at the Deschutes Brewery's Public House to celebrate the release of a beer specifically brewed to honor the 50th Anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Riverbank Bock! We hope you join us at this celebration to...
In celebration of the Deschutes Brewery's 30th year, they are honoring the relationships they formed and fostered along the way that have allowed them to get to this point. Their collaborations feature members of their brewing family tree: past brewmasters...
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 Marketing and Communications Director and...
For the past several dry to normal years, the Lava Island side channel has run completely dry, creating the urgent need for an annual fish salvage. This year however, despite water managers holding back flows as usual, the channel has...
Things have been heating up in Bend and the summer tourist season seems to be in full swing. Last weekend, I decided to head up to Wickiup Reservoir to get away from the crowds and cool down with a swim...
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. Oddly though, summer also brings...
Even though the Willamette River Basin is extremely similar to the Deschutes River Basin in terms of size and geographic location, it has a much wetter climate. The differences in vegetation are pretty obvious even from satellite imagery! By Jake...
Artwork by Susan Luckey Higdon The state of Oregon has released its 2017 Integrated Water Resources Strategy (IWRS). The purpose of the strategy is to “bring various sectors and interests together to work toward the common purpose of maintaining healthy...
The DRC is partnering with Swalley Irrigation District to pipe its Rogers Canal, which will restore and permanently protect 2.3 cubic feet per second (or more than 1032 gallons per minute) of flow in the Middle Deschutes River during the...
For the past three years the DRC has monitored streamflow on McKay Creek to develop a baseline before implementing its McKay Creek Water Rights Switch project. Developing a solid baseline now will allow the DRC to compare pre and post...
How it all started Over 100 years ago, federal and state policies encouraged the settlement of the high desert by facilitating access to land and irrigation water. In many cases, the state gave out more water rights than existed in...
The Deschutes River runs through the heart of Central Oregon. For the past century, the river has been managed to serve irrigation needs. This has had a negative impact on flows and the health of the river. Together with our...
The Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC) awarded the first ever Bob Main Award to Kyle Gorman of the Oregon Water Resources Department at the DRC’s 8th Annual RiverFeast dinner. This award was created in memory of Bob Main (1943-2013) to recognize...
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 river basins, including the Upper...
To: Concerned Citizens about the Recent Deschutes River Fish Kill From: Tod Heisler, Executive Director, Deschutes River Conservancy This past week a large quantity of trout and other fish species became stranded and died in a side channel of the...
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 Annual Report
View the 2018 Winter DRC RiverVoice (PDF)
Includes the 2016 Flow Restoration Report, Tools to Create A Healthy Deschutes, McKay Creek's Missing Link, and a Message from DRC Executive Director, Tod Heisler. View the 2016 Annual Report