• 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 (an essay by our Executive Director, Gail Snyder)

    Posted on May 31, 2018

      Restoring the Deschutes River: Getting Beyond Blame*** Gail Snyder, Executive Director, 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,…...

  • Our Wild and Scenic Deschutes River; An Evening w/ Tim Palmer

    Posted on April 5, 2018

    Photo by Dave Rein Whaaat! This year marks THIRTY years since the Upper Deschutes River was designated WILD and SCENIC!  Aw yup. Stretches of the Deschutes River, along with other rivers in Oregon, were designated as Wild and Scenic in October 1988. Of the approximately 3.6 million miles of streams in the US, 12,734…...

  • A River and its Ranchers; A Joke (help us!); More March events

    Posted on March 7, 2018

    A rancher and a river advocate walked into a bar. The bartender said, “______.” Please send us your punchline to this joke!  More information below. If you’re wondering if we really can solve river issues collaboratively, then please join us for a real-life example of this work being done in…...