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Landsat Timelapse of Baker Valley and Phillips Reservoir Understanding how our landscape changes over time is essential for responsible water management. Thanks to the Landsat satellite program, we can look back across forty years of imagery to see how fields, vegetation, and water in Baker Valley have shifted through wet years, drought cycles, and evolving…
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Eastern Oregon University’s Agricultural Entrepreneurship Ag + Food Industry Field Study course held its core meeting and field excursions October 22–24, 2025 focusing on irrigation systems across Union, Baker, and Malheur Counties in Eastern Oregon. The experience began with a panel discussion featuring Jed Frank, owner of Living Water Irrigation in La Grande, and Adam…
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BVID Overview Packet (Draft to be refined) The Baker Valley Irrigation District hosted a productive and inspiring meeting with our potential project partners: Andrew Hedrick, Research Hydrologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service Northwest Watershed Research Center, and Micah Johnson, Micah Sandusky, and Mark Robertson from a private company called M3 Works. This meeting marked…
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The discovery of gold in Sumpter Valley in 1861 brought the first settlement of the area. Baker Valley attracted some of the home seekers following the Oregon Trail toward western Oregon. Baker, situated where the old trail entered the valley, was first settled in 1863. Mining attracted many of the pioneers, but stock raising and…
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Board Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of every month and are open to the public.