One Billion Gallons for the River

The Deschutes Brewery has partnered with the Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC) to annually restore one billion gallons of water to the Deschutes River over the next few years.

Yearly contributions to the DRC’s water leasing program will allow the Brewery to offset more than 14 times their total water requirements, including their bottling facility, brewpubs, supply chain, hops growers and grain growers!

“We’ve always been avid supporters of the DRC and its mission,” said Michael LaLonde, CEO for Deschutes Brewery and a past board member of the DRC. “By creating this partnership, we are able to give back to the river in a significant way, preserving the lifeline of the Central Oregon region.”

Significant is right. The Deschutes Brewery’s contribution is the largest private local donation for the Deschutes River leasing program, making up nearly 7% of the restored flows to the Middle Deschutes. Historically, this section of the river has suffered from low streamflows and degraded habitat. With the Deschutes Brewery’s contribution, the DRC is even closer to meeting our streamflow goal, which benefits not only fish and wildlife but our whole community!

From 2012 through 2018, the Deschutes Brewery has contributed

  • $257,500 toward instream leasing and
  • has cumulatively paid to protect 7.17 billion gallons – just over 1 billion gallons per year,
  • and up to a total of 67.7 cubic feet per second instream, or about 9.7 per year.

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The Deschutes Brewery has partnered with the Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC) to annually restore one billion gallons of water to the Deschutes River over the next few years.

Yearly contributions to the DRC’s water leasing program will allow the Brewery to offset more than 14 times their total water requirements, including their bottling facility, brewpubs, supply chain, hops growers and grain growers!

“We’ve always been avid supporters of the DRC and its mission,” said Michael LaLonde, CEO for Deschutes Brewery and a past board member of the DRC. “By creating this partnership, we are able to give back to the river in a significant way, preserving the lifeline of the Central Oregon region.”

Significant is right. The Deschutes Brewery’s contribution is the largest private local donation for the Deschutes River leasing program, making up nearly 7% of the restored flows to the Middle Deschutes. Historically, this section of the river has suffered from low streamflows and degraded habitat. With the Deschutes Brewery’s contribution, the DRC is even closer to meeting our streamflow goal, which benefits not only fish and wildlife but our whole community!

From 2012 through 2018, the Deschutes Brewery has contributed

  • $257,500 toward instream leasing and
  • has cumulatively paid to protect 7.17 billion gallons – just over 1 billion gallons per year,
  • and up to a total of 67.7 cubic feet per second instream, or about 9.7 per year.

DESCHUTES_DBBlk_RGB.png

Middle_Deschutes_River_Bend_Oregon.jpg