Our Victories
WaterWatch Annual Accomplishments Reports
2025 Report
Instream water right protections upheld, more Illinois River fish barriers come down, demanding accountability and removal of Winchester Dam, shaping statewide water strategy, representing rivers in the Oregon legislature, defending Oregon rivers in court, commitment to statewide collaboratives, advocating for new insteam water rights in the Willamette, North Coast, and Mid-Coast basins.
2024 Report
Groundwater allocation success, demolition and removal of Williams-Whalen and Pomeroy dams, Winchester Dam removal campaign, support for new Willamette Basin instream water rights, ongoing collaborative efforts around the state, including Lake Abert, Deschutes Basin, Lower John Day, and the Harney Basin.
2023 Report
Defense of Drift Creek from proposed dam and reservoir, demolition and removal of Lovelace Dam and Takelma dams, Winchester Dam removal campaign, ongoing effort to update state groundwater allocation rules, legislative successes in Salem, Lake Abert collaborative, a win for the Crooked River, water-intensive factory farms reigned in.
2022 Report
Removal of four lower Klamath River dams greenlighted, victory in Warm Springs Hydro case, Rock Creek hydroelectric water right to instream right transfer, groundwater policy reform; wintertime diversion stopped on Upper Deschutes, open pit mine threat at Grave Creek, Clackamas River defense, Burnt River, Willamette River thermal trading, Harney Basin, Lake Abert.
2021 Report
North Umpqua River; Slate Dam; Welter Dam; Upper Crooked Basin; Groundwater; Cold Water Habitat; Municipal Water Reforms; Industrial Dairies; Harney Basin Groundwater Irrigation Permits; Water Justice
2020 Report
Winchester Dam Campaign; Rogue River Dam Removals; Willamette Basin Allocation; Deschutes Habitat Conservation Plan; Clackamas River; Chewaucan River Permitting; Place-Based Planning
2019 Report
State Scenic Waterways; Drift Creek; Clackamas River Diversions; Winchester Dam; Increased Lake Abert Recognition; Willamette Basin Allocations; Legislative Efforts; Lower John Day; Harney and Malheur Collaborative Water Planning
2018 Report
Huge chinook salmon returns in the Rogue Basin, advocating for a larger share for fish and wildlife in the Willamette Basin, a move to reform mismanagement in the Klamath National Wildlife Refuges, state protection for the North Fork Smith River, instream fish and wildlife use, reigning in a Boardman industrial-scale dairy, unused hydroelectric water rights, groundwater preservation.
2017 Report
North Fork Smith River State Protections; McKenzie River Appellate Court Victory; Unsustainable Groundwater Permitting; Molalla and Chetco State Scenic Waterway Designations; Suction Dredge Mining Reform; Fish Passage Standards; Powder River Instream Water Rights
2016 Report
Restoration in the Rogue Basin, new State Scenic Waterway Act designations, new WaterWatch strategic plan, protecting rivers as Oregon grows, protecting groundwater, more winter water for the Upper Deschutes, North Fork Smith River, climate change, Siletz River, progress toward Klamath River dam removals and Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex migratory birds and wetlands.
2015 Report
Fielder and Wimer dams demolished and removed from Evans Creek in the Rogue Basin, hope for the Klamath National Wildlife Refuges, sustaining the Columbia River, Malheur Basin groundwater reform, progress in the Deschutes Basin, new State Scenic Waterway Act designations, water and municipal growth, protecting critical water and wildlife management.
2014 Report
2013 Report
2012 Report
