Oregon Water Trust was founded in 1993 as the first private organization in the nation dedicated to acquiring water rights to enhance instream flows. It has been over ten years since our first paid instream lease on Buck Hollow Creek in the Deschutes Basin and our effectiveness as an organization has increased dramatically. In 1994, our water portfolio amounted to two leases totaling 1.4 cubic feet per second (CFS). Today, our portfolio has grown to 97 projects with 163 CFS protected instream, roughly the equivalent to the flow of the Sandy River in August.