In the Media

With the wilderness in her backyard, Donna Cherry can easily find inspiration. From trees and mountains to elk and bears, Cherry's artwork is filled with ecological images.

A stormy end of winter and start to spring has pushed the snowpack above normal for this time of year in the Deschutes and Crooked river basins.

As trout season approaches, anglers in Central Oregon should be aware that tribal permits are required to fish certain waters on or bordering the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.

Deschutes Brewery is joining forces with a Central Oregon non-profit to keep a billion gallons of water each year in the river from which the brewery takes its name.

The U.S. Forest Service seems poised to let the city of Bend proceed with its controversial $70 million upgrade of the Bridge Creek water system.

What may come as a surprise to residents who have supported the City of Bend’s original Surface Water Improvement Project slated to cost about $68 million, city councilors are now considering cutting the project cost in half by delaying the water filtration system construction and not building the hydropower facility slated to generate renewable energy.

Switching the course of Whychus Creek through Camp Polk Meadow Preserve on Tuesday revealed the fish within its waters. There were fewer than federal scientists had expected.

What started as a trickle grew quickly into a rush Tuesday morning as Whychus Creek flowed into its new course through Camp Polk Meadow Preserve.

The experienced 49-year-old kayaker has been taking advantage of unusually high flows on the Deschutes River as it runs through town.