2025 Annual Report: Monitoring conducted in compliance with U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Incidental Take Permit TE89773D-0 and Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan

This is a 2025 annual report.

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued Incidental Take Permit TE89773D-0 (USFWS Permit) under Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended (ESA) to eight Central Oregon irrigation districts and the City of Prineville, Oregon on December 31, 2020. The USFWS Permit covers the incidental take of Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) and bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) during lawful activities associated with the storage, release, diversion and return of irrigation water by Arnold Irrigation District (AID), Central Oregon Irrigation District (COID), Lone Pine Irrigation District (LPID), North Unit Irrigation District (NUID), Ochoco Irrigation District (OID), Swalley Irrigation District (SID), Three Sisters Irrigation District (TSID) and Tumalo Irrigation District (TID). The USFWS Permit also covers lawful activities associated with the diversion and withdrawal of water for municipal uses and discharge of municipal effluent by the City of Prineville. Collectively, the eight irrigation districts and City of Prineville are referred to hereinafter as the Permittees. Additionally, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together with USFWS, referred to herein as the Services) issued a separate Incidental Take Permit (resulting from NMFS Consultation No. WCRO 2020-03588) on October 18, 2022 to the Permittees, which covers the incidental take of Middle Columbia River steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) resulting from the same lawful activities described above.