The Horizon
The latest updates on our work defending rural lands, creating livable cities and towns and preserving wild lands and water throughout Central Oregon
Letter: Water Usage Must Change to Help the Deschutes River
nce considered a model for river health, today the Deschutes is in trouble. Learn more about our work to restore the Deschutes here.
Shaping Our City: Bend's UGB and Your
Choose one of two opportunities to learn how the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) will impact your quality of life.
Who Stands to Gain from UGB Growth?
This article from The Bulletin includes a table with all of the property owners who might be included in an urban growth boundary expansion.
Urban Growth Boundary Update: Expansion Scenarios
Last week, the Boundary Committee reviewed three scenarios for where and how Bend could allow new lands to be developed for employment and housing purposes.
Bend UGB Planning Workshop Excludes Examination of Wildfire Risk
There was one important thing missing in this planning scenario: an assessment of wildfire risk.
Bend UGB Steering Committee Decides to Include Wildfire Risk in Assessment
At the UGB steering committee meeting, Executive Director Paul Dewey advocated for including wildfire risk to potential UGB lands as part of the planning process
Unpermitted Water Ski Lakes Must Go through proper channels
The lakes developed by KC Development Group in Tumalo destroyed wildlife habitat and were built in a rural residential area without the proper permits.