dewatering

  • The Deschutes River Conservancy AKA Deschutes Irrigation Conservancy

    George Wuerthner

    I recently attended a program about the future status of the Deschutes River presented by the Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC). The presentation was primarily self-congratulatory about how collaboration promised to restore some of the river’s flows with the assistance of irrigators. At one time, the Deschutes River had the most even flow of any river…

  • A Tale of Two Rivers–Irrigation Vandalism

    George Wuerthner

    The Deschutes River upriver from Bend before irrigators have removed water. Photo George Wuerthner  The Bend Bulletin published a piece “Fish by the hundreds rescued in isolated Deschutes River channel.” The basic message is that volunteers “saved” several thousand fish from death as the water levels in the Deschutes River dropped. I am glad some…

  • Time to Reevaluate Notion That Oregon’s Rivers Are A Faucet For Agriculture

    George Wuerthner

    In Bend in the fall, irrigators draw down of the Deschutes River to the point where fish and other wildlife die or are threatened GEORGE WUERTHNER JANUARY 27, 2023 5:50 AM        The Deschutes River narrows after irrigators draw off water in Bend. (Courtesy of George Wuerthner) Many of Oregon’s rivers are drained every summer to…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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