Plans to build fish passage on two dams in Bend mean that within the next five years, the Mirror Pond dam will likely be the only man-made structure still blocking the path of fish on the Middle Deschutes River.
The Bend City Council, Bend Park & Recreation District board and Mirror Pond ad hoc committee have all expressed a desire to maintain Mirror Pond, a section of the Deschutes River that backs up behind a dam.
A coalition of city officials, irrigation districts and conservation groups hopes to study the future of water supply and demand in the Deschutes Basin, with help from a new state water program.
Oregon’s U.S. Attorney has issued a response to a lawsuit filed in connection with Bend’s Bridge Creek water project, dismissing objections raised by an environmental group as “hypertechnical criticisms.”
Much discussion and opinion has been bantered about concerning the Mirror Pond dam.
Bend Mayor Jim Clinton is discussing a potential settlement with the executive director of a conservation group suing to stop the city’s Bridge Creek water supply project.
One by one, latecomers walked to the far side of the well-lit Bend Park and Recreation District community room to retrieve a seat from the stack of black chairs on the opposite wall.
During a special meeting on Friday, the Bend City Council, ostensibly, voted in favor of the environment when they pledged to limit drains on Bridge Creek, the city's main water supply source.
Members of the Bend City Council continue to put our drinking-water safety at risk and could well endanger the health of Bend’s citizens in their pursuit of an unsustainable agenda driven by bad science.
