Water Policy Press Clips

Bills to protect environment derailed by finances - Jun 15, 2009 - Statesman Journal

6/15/09 Statesman Journal, Beth Casper and Stefanie Knowlton. A review of the 2009 environmental legislation in Oregon.

’09 Legislature enters homestretch, and region is watching - Jun 03, 2009 - Bend Bulletin

6/3/09 Bend Bulletin, Nick Budnick

Water-management bills debated - Apr 04, 2009 - Statesman Journal

4/4/09 Statesman Journal, Stefanie Knowlton. Article on proposed cuts to Oregon Water Resources Department and SB 193, 194, 740, 787 and 788.

Water districts compete for a big drink from the Clackamas River With population growth coming down the pipe, communities look to the future - Sep 22, 2008 - The Oregonian

9/22/08 Oregonian, Yuxing Zheng. Article on the South Fork Water Board’s and WaterWatch’s protests of the Clackamas water right permit extensions.

State Needs Innovative, Aggressive Water Solutions - Jun 01, 2008 - Pacific Institute

Opinion piece by Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute

Lawmakers aren’t so easy to pigeonhole - Apr 11, 2008 - Oregonian

Opinion article on urban and rural accomplishments in the Oregon legislature.

Stuck in denial as the river runs dry - Oct 25, 2007 - Oregonian

Oregonian article by Steve Duin on climate change and water scarcity.

Water war pits urban vs. rural - Aug 03, 2007 - Capital Press

Capital Press article on the competing demand for water in Oregon’s economies.

The Fight for Water - Aug 01, 2007 - Oregon Business Magazine

Oregon Business Magazine looks at current water issues and water politics in the Oregon Legislature

Since You Asked: The well ain’t dry, but source is all wet - May 11, 2007 - Mail Tribune

Mail Tribune article about Oregon House Bill 2564.

Dropping rural Oregon groundwater levels causing concerns - Mar 14, 2007 - Bend Bulletin (AP)

AP article on the Deschutes basin water resources and exempt private wells in Oregon.

A showdown looms on the Clackamas River over drinking water - Mar 07, 2007 - Lake Oswego Review

Lake Oswego Review article on the effect of Senate Bill 3038 on the Clackamas River.

How much water flows? Who knows? - Mar 01, 2007 - Eugene Register-Guard

Register-Guard article on House Bill 2564 and 2566.

Bill would give away more Columbia River water - Feb 05, 2007 - Oregonian

Oregonian article on SB 483, the Oregon Oasis Project.

“Bipartisan Support for Renewing Irrigation Act - Nov 11, 2006 - Oregon Public Broadcasting

OPB transcript on reauthorizing the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act (FRIMA).