Will Restore Valuable Ecosystems in Oregon Vol. Co-founded in 1992 by EDF and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, the DRC has implemented pilot projects to protect riparian habitats, restore wetlands, improve streamflows, conserve irrigation water, and replant and sustain forests. Antelope, cougar, elk, eagles, falcons, hawks, osprey, and many other species of birds and waterfowl have benefited.
Planning is underway on future projects.
Basin-wide approaches have special benefits for wildlife such as these feeding elk. Currently, DRC is developing a grassroots project for the voluntary, paid reallocation of water rights to sustain communities as well as Federally listed species such as bull trout and chinook salmon. We are also working with a major lumber company to profitably restore and sustain 30,000 acres of prime forestland and waterways. In cases where regulation has been ineffective at protecting both people and wildlife, we are showing that incentives and partnership can succeed.