In the Media

The clock is ticking for Crook County’s Bowman Dam and those who hope to pass a bill to move a line wrongly drawn through its center years ago.

Hooray for my new best old friend Dennis Flannery for his letter bringing to light the folly of the Mirror Pond dredging problem.

A bill that would provide water for Prineville and allow the construction of a $13 million hydroelectric plant at the Bowman Dam below Prineville Reservoir needs to move through the U.S. Senate this year if it’s likely to pass, Crook County and city officials say.

A state dam inspector examined Mirror Pond dam Friday and found no immediate causes for concern in the century-old structure just downstream of the Newport Avenue Bridge.

Out of the first 23 spring run adult chinook salmon to swim above the Pelton Round Butte dam complex on the Deschutes River in 40 years, two are dead.

When I read the recent news that adult salmon are returning to the Upper Deschutes Watershed for the first time in over 40 years, I couldn’t help but smile at the thought of those amazing fish coming home from their long journey to the ocean.

The Forest Service has given the city of Bend the green light to build a 10-mile pipe from Bridge Creek to the city’s water holding facility west of town, called Outback.

The Upper Deschutes River is in part a wild and scenic river, and residents and visitors to the greater Bend area enjoy its beauty and many uses.

Help protect the Deschutes River and get discounts at local businesses through an effort now under way by the Deschutes River Conservancy.