SALEM — Though depleted aquifers are a mounting worry in Oregon, they may offer the chance to store irrigation water without building costly and controversial new dams. Before groundwater can be ...

While studying the landscape of Oregon’s Cascade Range, also known as the Cascades, a team of scientists discovered that a region of subsurface water is far larger than previously thought—and may even ...

A massive aquifer is stored just beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades — possibly the largest aquifer of its kind in the U.S., according to researchers at the University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists examine a large-volume spring in young volcanic rocks of the Mckenzie River watershed on the west side of the Cascade ...

Scientists have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many times larger than previously estimated -- at least 81 ...

University of Oregon scientists and partners published a study on Jan. 13; the study said they found an aquifer running underneath the Oregon Cascades, which indicated to be many times larger than ...

In Malheur County’s Cow Valley, state regulators have ignored known issues with overpumping groundwater, leaving the region at risk of economic and ecological damage that will be difficult to reverse.

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks with two Oregon researchers who published a study about a massive underground aquifer below the Central Cascade Mountains east of ...

Scientists examine a large-volume spring in young volcanic rocks of the Mckenzie River watershed on the west side of the Cascade topographic crest that was monitored as part of this study. Oregon’s ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon’s Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water. Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners ...