• Speaker Series Winter 2018! by Tumalo Kayak & Canoe and Coalition for the Deschutes

    Posted on November 18, 2018

    We are very proud to be partnering with Tumalo Kayak & Canoe to sponsor a Winter 2018 Speaker Series. A summary is shown below, and you can sign up by visiting our Events Calendar...

  • Shared Vision for the Deschutes – what it’s about, including press coverage

    Posted on November 18, 2018

    The “Shared Vision for the Deschutes” is a Coalition for the Deschutes-led initiative to bring river advocacy organizations, local irrigation districts, businesses, nonprofits, and individuals together in support of: A healthy restored Deschutes River Thriving farms and sustainable agriculture Robust and vibrant communities Read more on the Shared Vision page, including…...

  • 2018 Springs to Sprouts – Followup information (and photos)

    Posted on June 12, 2018

    Thank you for joining on Saturday’s 2nd annual “Springs to Sprouts”!  We hope you enjoyed the day.  I would also like to send a huge thank you to our co-organizers: Mike Weber with Central Oregon Seed, Inc. Irrigation districts of Central Oregon High Desert Food and Farm Alliance and High Desert EATs Enormous thanks…...

  • Bend Bulletin Editorial: Canal piping pays off for all

    Posted on June 9, 2018

    On June 6th, the Bend Bulletin published an editorial about piping irrigation canals. “The Three Sisters Irrigation District will, by 2020, accomplish something similar districts in the region can only dream about. It will have piped every inch of its 64-mile delivery system and, in the process, provided something good…...

  • Restoring the Deschutes River: Beyond the Blame Game (by our Executive Director/Founder, Gail Snyder)

    Posted on May 31, 2018

      Restoring the Deschutes River: Getting Beyond Blame*** Gail Snyder, Executive Director/Founder, Coalition For The Deschutes “Who hears the fishes when they cry?” Those haunting words were penned by Henry David Thoreau more than 200 years ago, a reaction to the declining salmon runs he witnessed on the East Coast. Those fish,…...