The event, scheduled from 1 to 5 p.m. in McKay Park beside the Colorado Street Bridge, will celebrate clean water, healthy wildlife, fish, vegetation and the beauty that is this region’s life blood.
In the Media
August 27, 2008 – The Source Weekly Going With the Flow
Kyle Gorman remembers a time, not so long ago, when many folks in Central Oregon viewed concepts like water conservation with suspicion, if not outright contempt. Water flushed down the river was water wasted.
July 17, 2008 – Bend Bulletin Region May See $2M In Federal Funding
The Deschutes River could run deeper, local energy could be greener and Central Oregon businesses might get richer, if $2 million in earmarks in three U.S. Senate spending bills released this week become law.
June 2, 2008 – Bend Bulletin Groundwater Mitigation: Not All State’s Streams Are Faring Equally
Streamflows throughout the Deschutes Basin are protected by the Scenic Waterway Act and Instream Water Right Act. Protected flows are set by month, representing the minimum biological needs of fish.
May 23, 2008 – Bend Bulletin Area Irrigators Are ‘Limping Along’ Due To Delay In Piping
Three miles of the Swalley Irrigation District’s main canal are now underground in new pipes. But because the project was delayed, there’s still two more miles of pipe to lay — and that gap is causing problems as Swalley tries to deliver water to its customers.
May 2, 2008 – Bend Bulletin Like Bend’s Drinking Water?
Bend is looking at changes to the way the city gets its drinking water. The options include switching the source or adding a hydropower facility.
May 2, 2008 – Riverfest Schedule
RiverSong: Group show celebrating the Deschutes River by more than 20 Tumalo Art Co. gallery artists; free; 5 to 9 p.m., runs through May; 136 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 330-9770 or www.tumaloartco.com.
April 30, 2008 – Bend Bulletin Bill That Could Benefit Area Rivers Goes to Bush
The bill, which passed the Senate three weeks ago and still has to be signed by President Bush, also reauthorizes the Deschutes River Conservancy to receive federal funds in coming years.
April 25, 2008 – Bend Bulletin For The River, Artists Put On A Show to Benefit the DRC
A group of local artists now wants to give something back to the river that needs some help.