Natural Resources Conservation Service
Goal is to boost streamflows in the Crooked River, McKay Creek
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service announced Tuesday it has released a Final Watershed Plan-Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Ochoco Irrigation District's Infrastructure Modernization Project.
NRCS said it "has determined that the project will not cause significant local, regional or national impacts to the environment. With a completed environmental assessment in place, the project is now eligible for federal funding and may move forward into construction."
The project will install a total of 16.8 miles of buried pipeline, which will replace the open, unlined canals and laterals of Grimes Flat and the IronHorse section of the Crooked River Distribution Canal.