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This is the 2021 annual report for the Deschutes River Basin Habitat Conservation Plan. This was submitted to the USFWS by permittees.

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued Incidental Take Permit TE89773D-0 (USFWS Permit) 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.

All activities covered by the USFWS Permit are described in detail in the Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (DBHCP), which was approved by USFWS simultaneous with permit issuance in December 2020. DBHCP Chapter 7 (Monitoring, Reporting and Adaptive Management) describes the Permittees� annual monitoring and reporting requirements. The USFWS Permit also includes additional reporting requirements pertinent to the incidental discovery of covered species remains during the course of DBHCP implementation. As specified in DBHCP Chapter 7, annual reports are to be based on water years, which run from October 1 through September 30. This report contains all information required by DBHCP Chapter 7 and the USFWS Permit for that portion of Water Year 2021 that occurred subsequent to permit issuance (January 1 through September 30, 2021).