Historically, the DRC funded water quality and quantity restoration projects proposed by other groups in the Deschutes Basin. In this role, we leveraged our resources to match funding between federal, state, local, and private sources. In the past, the DRC has successfully supported over 50 restoration projects across the region.
Today, we create collaborative, strategic partnerships with irrigation districts, municipalities, non-profits, federal, state, and local agencies. The DRC is leading the way to define and implement new models of cooperative conservation with our partners.
We are successfully building strong alliances, developing holistic ecosystem restoration strategies with our partners, and funding large-scale restoration projects. To date, our collaborative programs have restored 160 cubic feet per second to the Deschutes River and its tributaries.