Not Much Left of Emigrant Lake in Southern Oregon’s Drought
By October of every year, Emigrant Lake near Ashland, Oregon is usually quite low. Irrigators have spent six or more months drawing water, while the…
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Drought Leaves Prineville Reservoir at Less than 30% Capacity
A popular boating, water skiing and fishing destination, Central Oregon's Prineville Reservoir was offering little of any such activity in October. The lake's water depth…
Lake Abert is Dying. Again.
During the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s, Oregon's Lake Abert dried up completely. In the decades since, the lake has shrunk and expanded many…