Panel Discussion: Small-Scale Farming and Water Use in the Deschutes Basin

Please join the High Desert Food & Farm Alliance for a moderated panel discussion on water usage and small-scale farming in the Deschutes Basin*, with a focus on drought and irrigation systems.  

*The Deschutes River Basin initiates in the lakes of the Cascade mountains and flows to the Columbia River.  

Panelists include:

• Phil Chang: Deschutes County Commissioner
• Kate Fitzpatrick: Executive Director of the Deschutes River Conservancy and Member of the Deschutes Basin Water Collaborative
• Shon Rae: Deputy Managing Director of Central Oregon Irrigation District
• Todd Peplin: Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District Programs Lead

If you have questions that you’d like answered during the panel discussion, please send them to Annie Nichols at annie@hdffa.org before August 4, 2021.