Etiqueta: Natural Resources and Rural Development

ASHLAND — Bear Creek’s wild coho salmon will get more water without siphoning it away from irrigators under a $1 million grant that will help jump-start what could become a massive restructuring of irrigation deliveries in the Bear Creek Basin. The federal Bureau of Reclamation has awarded $1 million to

WASHINGTON — The 2016 budget released Monday by the White House calls for the reauthorization of timber payments, funds sage grouse conservation efforts and treats the largest wildfires as natural disasters. The spending initiatives are all familiar to Central Oregon. The Secure Rural Schools program, which compensated timbered counties for

You won’t see a different cave or a new chateau at the Oregon Caves National Monument. But some are calling the expansion of the landmark, with legislation attached to a defense spending bill signed last week by President Obama, a monumental change. The monument will be nearly 10 times its original

The designation of Bowman Dam near Prineville as “wild and scenic” reeked of nonsense. It earned its place in Valhalla as one of the worst jokes that the federal government has inflicted on Central Oregon. But thanks to the efforts of Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, and Sen. Jeff Merkley,

WASHINGTON — Los funcionarios locales y las partes interesadas expresaron su gratitud y alivio el viernes después de que el proyecto de ley que codifica el plan para compartir el agua del río Crooked se aprobara en ambas cámaras del Congreso el jueves, el último día que la Cámara estuvo en sesión. Después de casi cuatro años y dos sesiones del Congreso, se