From the daily archives: Friday, June 16, 2017
Whenever I am driving around Central Oregon in summer, I see the Deschutes River being sprayed in the air by thousands of sprinklers used by farmers and ranchers primarily to grow forage for livestock like irrigated pasture, alfalfa, and hay.
Because of these water withdrawals for irrigation, the aquatic ecosystem of the Deschutes River […]
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