12 organizations submitted a joint letter on the ongoing Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan update. We’re asking Deschutes County to do better to protect our land, water, and wildlife.

Three amazing local businesses are supporting LandWatch in recognition of Earth Month. Thank you Dudley’s bookshop, Stirling Sustainability, and Paulina Springs Bookshop!

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Today, we want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to Foghorn Labs, a digital marketing agency supporting our organization.

Take action! Let your elected leaders know that Oregonians are still ready for Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities and that’s why we oppose HB 2659.

On March 23, the Deschutes County Planning Commission voted 3 to 1 in favor of recommending approval of Central Oregon LandWatch’s application to amend the county’s zoning code to limit new destination resort development.

Jays are strikingly beautiful birds with plumage in various shades of blue: azure, cerulean, cobalt, sapphire, and slate

It’s time to reign in large-scale, luxury resort development in Deschutes County. We’re asking the County to limit new proposed resort development in line with Oregon state law. Will you support our application?

It doesn’t take an expert to see the growing conflict over the scarcity of water supplies in Central Oregon, intensified by drought and the impacts of climate change. But the Oregon spotted frog is not to blame for our water woes, nor are the farmers whose livelihood depends on water for crops.

LandWatch recently celebrated a win at the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA). In February, LUBA ruled in LandWatch’s favor regarding a decades-old facility on land outside Sisters. This win sets an important precedent by invalidating a misinterpretation of state and local land use law and will help prevent fragmentation of the agricultural land base in Deschutes County.

LandWatch recently reached a settlement with an applicant seeking a permit from Deschutes County to operate a commercial events center in conjunction with a honey production and processing facility on farmland.

On February 1, the Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners will review the latest development application from Thornburgh Resort.

Our regional identity is connected to our wildlife. They are a hallowed part of what makes this place exceptional and distinct. Now is the time to speak up for Central Oregon’s wild creatures.

Industrial sprawl between Bend and Redmond? Not on our watch.

We filed an appeal to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals over 142 acres in Jefferson County.

We're going to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals.

On January 4, Central Oregon LandWatch filed a Notice of Intent to Appeal the Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners’ (BOCC) decision to remove agricultural land protections on 710 acres near Terrebonne.

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Take a look at our winter newsletter for updates on the Crooked River, wildlife habitat across Deschutes County, and what makes up a “Complete Community” here in Central Oregon.

Earlier this month, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced an updated version of the River Democracy Act.