Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC)

The DRC is a 501(c)3 private non-profit organization dedicated to restoring stream flow and improving water quality in Oregon's Deschutes Basin. The DRC brings together irrigators, environmental groups, and state, federal, and tribal agencies to restore the Deschutes River and its tributaries through basin planning, large-scale agricultural water conservation, and cooperative market-based approaches. For ARRA funded projects and in addition to the program objectives above, the section 3 of the ARRA states the following objectives: (1) To preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery. (2) To assist those most impacted by the recession. (3) To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health. (4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. (5) To stabilize State and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases

Types of Assistance: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS