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Owyhee Dam (National ID # OR00582) is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Owyhee River in Eastern Oregon near Adrian, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1932 during the Great Depression , the dam generates electricity and provides irrigation water for several irrigation districts in Oregon and neighboring Idaho .
The Lake Fork West Owyhee River is a short tributary of the West Little Owyhee River that begins near the Cat, Bend, and Pedroli springs near the eastern boundary of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation (for the Paiute and Shoshone native tribes) near the old U.S. Army cavalry post of Fort McDermitt (1865 / 1866-1889), in southern Malheur ...
Owyhee Reservoir or Owyhee Lake is a reservoir on the Owyhee River in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. [2] Located in far Eastern Oregon near the Idaho border, the reservoir is Oregon's longest at 52 miles (84 km). [ 3 ]
News about Owyhee River protection, updates to the Northwest Forest Plan and repairs to a frequently traveled road to Terwilliger Hot Springs.
The Owyhee River Wilderness was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. Also created in the Omnibus Land Act were five additional southwestern Idaho wilderness areas in Owyhee County, collectively known as the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas: [4] [5]
Owyhee is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, in the United States. [1] It lies along Oregon Route 201 between Adrian and Nyssa, near the confluence of the Owyhee and Snake rivers. [2] According to Oregon Geographic Names, the community is named after the river, which was likely named after Hawaii, known as Owyhee before 1800.
Under the proposal by Gov. Tina Kotek to establish a national monument in southeast Oregon's Owyhee Canyonlands, portions of the Owyhee River currently not carrying Wild and Scenic designations ...
Lake Owyhee State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The park lies on the north-eastern end of the Owhyee reservoir . Bighorn sheep can be found here.