In the Media

The babble of Whychus Creek was interrupted last week by the roar of heavy equipment as work crews removed the old Leithauser irrigation dam on Whychus Creek.

Under a proposal released Wednesday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Oregon spotted frog would receive endangered species protection.

Tumalo Creek and putting more water back into is a hot topic in Bend right now.

Putting more cold, clear water back in Tumalo Creek was a hot topic at times Wednesday night during a Bend City Council work session on restoration efforts and the fund to pay for them.

Whychus Creek got a kind of health check-up last weekend.

A committee of Bend citizens is beginning to wade into the debate over how the city should treat drinking water from the Bridge Creek watershed.

On Aug. 1 and 2, Marc Bourdet had to send 1,100 head of cattle off his family’s ranch on Modoc Point to greener pastures.

Bend's surface water source is among a handful in Oregon that are susceptible to the microorganism cryptosporidium that may have sickened people in Baker City.

Amid drought and major fires, a task force trying to pick its way through the Klamath Basin's long water struggles has met again, with some contention and no resolution.