For steelhead in Central Oregon, this is a time like no other. Hundreds of thousands of young steelhead have been reintroduced into Whychus Creek and the Crooked River. It’s part of a $150 million reintroduction effort, including the 250-plus-foot fish passage tower sunk into the water upstream of the Pelton-Round Butte Dam.
In the Media
August 7, 2011 – Bend Bulletin – Float, swim or paddle for the river (dog optional)
Break out the paddles and make ready the rafts: Race for the River will return Saturday for its sophomore year.
June 11, 2011 – Bend Bulletin – Groups want Walden’s water plan to help fish, river health
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, visits Prineville today to discuss proposed legislation that would allow Prineville to draw more groundwater, help restore McKay Creek and more. But some conservation groups and angling advocates are upset about what it does not include — more water for fish and river health.
May 28, 2011 – Bend Bulletin – A long journey for salmon — and aquatic biologists
Jim Bartlett, fish passage biologist with Portland General Electric, holds the first adult spring chinook that returned to the Pelton Round Butte dam complex, after rearing in Upper Deschutes tributaries.
May 20, 2011 – OPB – Tsunami Brings Oregon Water To Japanese Market
People in Japan are still trying to piece their lives together, following the earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster there.
May 19, 2011 – Bend Bulletin – A region at risk of floods
In Burns Wednesday, volunteers and crews were filling sandbags to help shore up a levee that stands between the Silvies River and part of the town, and the National Guard was on its way to help out.
May 17, 2011 – Sisters Nugget – Steelhead fry released into creek
Something very fishy was going on in the Sisters Country last Tuesday.
May 19, 2011 – The Oregonian – Upper Deschutes River could ease into protections for threatened stee
Threatened steelhead are being reintroduced to the upper Deschutes River, but the protections for the at-risk fish are being delayed so cities, counties, irrigators and landowners can have time to adjust.
May 22, 2011 – Bend Bulletin – Arid Prineville finds elusive water
Finding water in the Crooked River caldera is now less of a gamble and more of a science.