Irrigators, Tribes, Local Officials Push Back Against State Proposal to Curb Harney Basin Groundwater Crisis
By Alejandro Figueroa | Sept. 29, 2025 | OPB A coalition of irrigators, tribes and local governments organized under state Rep. Mark Owens — a Republican from Harney County and a farmer — recently filed a petition asking the Oregon Water Resources Commission to consider a different set of rules that diverges from regulators own […]