May 29, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Water for agriculture is water put to good use
As a general agriculture organization, the Farm Bureau celebrates the rich diversity of ag products raised by farm and ranch families across our great state.
Articles that have appeared in the media about the Deschutes Basin and
the Deschutes River Conservancy.
May 25, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Weld Design pop-up show in Bend
Pop-up art show — Weld Design, a Bend-based, multi-disciplinary creation studio, will hold a pop-up art show this weekend at Liberty Theater, 849 NW Wall St., in downtown Bend.
May 23, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Guest column: The way we use the Deschutes River is wrong
Amid the growing dispute over water use and the health of the Deschutes River, two important factors have been ignored.
May 09, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Senate takes up Deschutes bridge ban
SALEM — The state senator representing Bend says a proposed pedestrian bridge over the Deschutes River should be allowed if several conditions can be met.
Apr 27, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Bend river surf scene rips despite risks
The surfer was the latest among 10 regulars who recently gathered on the Bend Whitewater Park’s Green Wave. Unlike the others, however, this was the newcomer’s first time. After a quick ejection from the wave and failing to paddle to the nearby eddy, he plunged past a subsequent 2-foot waterfall before he crawled to shore where he lay in pain.
Apr 27, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Heavy snow means great rafting on Western rivers
Like skiers, whitewater rafting fans are excited about this season’s heavy snowfall in the West. Several rafting operators are predicting a wild season as the rivers swell with spring showers and snowmelt.
Feb 24, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Whychus Creek campaign gets gift from unlikely source
The campaign to restore Whychus Creek got a boost from an unlikely source: the current chief operating officer of Bank of America.
Feb 23, 2017 - KTVZ - $530,000 gift to help land trust protect Whychus Creek
The Deschutes Land Trust announced Thursday that it has received a gift of $530,000 for its Campaign for Whychus Creek from Tom and Janet Montag of New York.
Feb 22, 2017 - KTVZ - Despite heavy snow, some C.O. reservoirs not expected to fill
After all that snow and rain, the water levels in Central Oregon reservoirs might surprise some people.
Feb 18, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Plans in the works to restore Cline Falls
Owen Twitchell can hear the roaring Cline Falls each day from his nearby home in Redmond.
Jan 23, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Proposal would require life jackets for all river users
The Oregon Marine Board has proposed a change in state law that would require floaters on the Deschutes River — and elsewhere — to wear life jackets or face a $30 fine.
Jan 11, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Central Oregon snowpack looking good
Drivers and parents may be cursing Central Oregon’s heavy recent snowfall by now, but federal and state officials call it a good start of the season for snowpack and water supply.
Jan 11, 2017 - The Source Weekly - Editorial: Deschutes River Settlement: An Uneasy Truce
According to the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service, all basins in Oregon have normal to above-normal snowpack, with the Deschutes and Crooked River basin at 126 percent of the median.
Dec 30, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Plans for hydroelectric project keep churning
In 2011, Wickiup Hydro Group LLC — a subsidiary of Idaho firm Symbiotics LLC — sought a license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build an approximately 7 megawatt facility at the Bureau of Reclamation dam outside of Bend.
Dec 28, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Redband trout numbers decline in Crooked River
In 2013, an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife population survey estimated more than 8,000 redband trout per mile in the 8-mile stretch of the Crooked River below Bowman Dam. This past June, that number was about 350.
Dec 20, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Oregon snowpack sees strong start to season
Oregon’s snowpack so far this season has those who monitor it hopeful about water levels for next year.
Dec 16, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - State audit: Focus more on sustaining water
The Oregon Water Resources Department could better balance water rights with actions to restore streamflows, according to a new state audit.
Nov 29, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Bend talk explores spotted frog settlement
An upcoming City Club of Central Oregon event will explore the ramifications of a recent settlement in a lawsuit involving the Oregon spotted frog and Deschutes River flows.
Nov 22, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Letter: Easier to sue the farmer than face root problem
I just received a letter from the Tumalo Irrigation District informing me, along with all irrigators getting their water from either Tumalo, Arnold, Central Oregon, Lone Pine and North Unit irrigation districts, that we will be forced to give up at least 30 percent of our water “for at least the next year.”
Nov 10, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Oregon spotted frog settlement draws questions, discussion
Central Oregon farmers listened Wednesday night to details of a recent settlement on the Oregon spotted frog and sought answers on future water levels, frog populations, ways to improve the animal’s habitat and whether their own operations could get protection.