Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
The Deschutes River is a lifeline for Central OR. About 90% of its water is diverted to irrigation canals for farms during the growing season. But the system that determines who gets it, & how much, is over 100 years old — and it’s not holding up to climate change:
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‘The Evergreen’: How much water from the Deschutes goes to turn the desert green?
The Deschutes River is a lifeline for Central Oregon. About 90% of the river’s water is diverted to irrigation canals during the agricultural growing season. We wanted to know where all that water wen...