Month: September 2014

Letter: Working together tor the Deschutes River

Bend Bulletin

Oregon’s Deschutes Basin has a well-deserved reputation for people working together to resolve natural resource problems. It’s a compliment we take seriously because it requires hard work, commitment, and sometimes, compromise.

Removing the last concrete dam in Whychus Creek

Thirteen miles of upstream spawning and rearing habitat are now open to reintroduced Chinook salmon and steelhead as well as redband trout now that the last concrete dam on Whychus Creek has been removed. The…

TNT not needed, Whychus dam now gone

Bend Bulletin

Despite not being blasted with dynamite, the last concrete dam on Whychus Creek was demolished quickly this week south of Sisters.

Dam gets knocked down on Central Oregon stream

Captial Press

The $2 million project includes knocking down a 6-foot dam, with the expectation that will lead to restoration of a flood plain and 13 miles of fish habitat.

Last concrete dam on Whychus Creek coming down

Bend Bulletin

A pair of excavators put the first cracks in the last concrete dam on Whychus Creek on Monday, carrying out a plan built over five years of negotiations.

Whychus Creek Dam removal to require blasting

KTVZ

Brief area closure; Opens 13 miles of fish habitat; ceremony Monday SISTERS, Ore. – A temporary area closure will begin on Sunday afternoon and is expected to end on Monday evening on the Sisters Ranger…