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Water: It’s life, and the issues surrounding it stretch far and wide. This week, we take a look at some of the issues most pressing in the region—plus, a recommendation for some fun that also promotes environmental stewardship.

Canoe Trails in the Klamath Basin – Exploring Upper Klamath Lake and Klamath Marsh by canoe or kayak can be a path to environmental stewardship

Dam Drought – The Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan was approved in December with the goal of increasing instream flows in the river. Then another drought year happened.

Discovering a Glacier and What It Means for Local Water – In honor of the Water Issue, a local glacial scientist talks about the recent discovery on South Sister

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The Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan was approved in December with the goal of increasing instream flows in the river. Then another drought year happened.

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Water Issue 2021

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
June 9, 2021

<h1>Water Issue 2021</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />June 9, 2021</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">W</span>ater: It's life, and the issues surrounding it stretch far and wide. This week, we take a look at some of the issues most pressing in the region—plus, a recommendation for some fun that also promotes environmental stewardship.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/water-issue-landing-page.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/water-issue-landing-page.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-49067" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">"Rowing into the Pleiades" by Paul Alan Bennett. Included in Bennett's book, "Night Skies," which is available on his website, paulalanbennett.com.</figcaption></figure> <p> <b><a href="/bend/Content?editor=true&amp;oid=14764285" target="_blank">Canoe Trails in the Klamath Basin</a></b> - Exploring Upper Klamath Lake and Klamath Marsh by canoe or kayak can be a path to environmental stewardship</p> <p><b><a href="/bend/Content?editor=true&amp;oid=14764291" target="_blank">Dam Drought</a></b> - The Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan was approved in December with the goal of increasing instream flows in the river. Then another drought year happened. </p> <p> <b><a href="/bend/Content?editor=true&amp;oid=14764297" target="_blank">Discovering a Glacier and What It Means for Local Water</a></b> - In honor of the Water Issue, a local glacial scientist talks about the recent discovery on South Sister</p> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/water-issue-2021-14764660/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=49061&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/water-issue-2021-14764660/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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