Save Arnold Canal is a diverse group of Deschutes County residents who share serious concerns about Arnold Irrigation District’s proposed main canal piping project.
Arnold Irrigation District is focused on receiving $42,759,000 in federal and state grant money that has been made available for piping but there are better and less expensive ways for the District to meet its obligations set forth in the Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan.
Save Arnold Canal is hopeful that the National Resources Conservation Service will decide that an Environmental Impact Statement is necessary to take the required hard look at the available solutions that may be brought to bear on this matter. There are better, multi-faceted ways to approach our water resource challenges, and we are making our opposition to Arnold Irrigation District’s proposed pipeline a first step toward a more collaborative path forward.
Tree cutting and excavation have begun. Here are some construction pictures in no particular order. If you’ve got pictures to share of the piping project please post them on our Facebook page or send them to SaveArnoldCanal@gmail.com
This page celebrates Arnold Canal as it was before the piping. Some residents on the canal will get to enjoy it for a few more years, then it will be gone. Please send your pictures of the canal as it is now to SaveArnoldCanal@gmail.com or post them to our Facebook page.
By now you probably know that the Arnold Irrigation Modernization Project has begun with tree marking and removal, drilling, and excavation in Phase 1 from Arnold Market Road to Corral Road. This outcome is hugely disappointing but there are things that property owners can do to minimize the damage and possibly better prepare for any…
US District Court Judge McShane reviewed our Preliminary Injunction after oral arguments by attorneys for NRCS, AID and Save Arnold Canal. He decided that the work on the pipe could continue even though there would probably be “irreparable harm” to canal properties. In his opinion, the “scales do not tip in” SAC’s favor enough to…
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