OPB

Oregon leaders agree the Lower Umatilla Basin’s nitrates are a crisis. But the funds aren’t there

For years, Oregon state agencies, local governments and committees have hashed and rehashed plans to clean up a decades-long nitrates pollution problem in northern Morrow and Umatilla counties. While ...
OPB

Oregon’s Harney Basin is now a critical groundwater area. Here’s what that means

Farmers in Harney County have come to rely on an aquifer that has long been known to be in serious decline. Now, Oregon water regulators will make drastic changes to how much water they can draw from ...
KTVZ

Deschutes River Conservancy hails legislative approval of pilot water bank for Deschutes River Basin

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Legislature has passed House Bill 3806, approving pilot water bank authorities in the Deschutes Basin. "This legislation marks a significant step forward in helping ...