Back in the ’70s I was hired to help fulfill one of the great ideas that went with what Sunriver is today. Sunriver is what it is because landscape architect Bob Royston, out of San Francisco, planned it that way and John Gray made it happen. One evening when I got home, the phone rang. […]
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Smoke Levels Explained
If you love the outdoors, here’s what the smoke advisory levels feel like. It’s like a sadness rainbow!
On Thursday, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory for a host of counties in Oregon—including Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties here in Central Oregon. That advisory is in effect until noon Friday. Deschutes County’s air quality has hovered in the “Red” or “Orange” category this week due to a rash […]
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Stuck in the Muck
Mirror Pond’s owners ask DEQ to step in against the city
A local investor group, Mirror Pond Solutions, is calling for the City of Bend to take more action to address the problem of sediment buildup in Mirror Pond. The City of Bend is calling into question the methods by which that group is basing its claims. On July 29, Jason Conger, attorney for Mirror Pond […]