The Bulletin

Deschutes River steelhead fish run highest in decades

A steelhead caught in the Rogue River near Central Point. The current run of steelhead trout in the Deschutes River has seen a record number of the fish pass through the Pelton Round Butte dam complex ...
KTVZ

BLM extends guide permit application period for Lower Deschutes and Lower Crooked Wild and Scenic Rivers

The Bureau of Land Management is extending the deadline to apply for new special recreation permits for guiding activities on ...
KTVZ

Record steelhead numbers return to Deschutes River, most since dams built in 1960s, Warm Springs Tribes, PGE say

MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Biologists from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Portland General Electric have collected more than 250 returning adult steelhead at the Pelton-Round Butte ...
KGW8

Steelhead return highlights collaborative efforts to restore native fish runs on Deschutes River

WARM SPRINGS, Ore. — Steelhead are returning to Central Oregon, and Portland General Electric (PGE) and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (CTWS) are calling it a "win" on the Deschutes River. It ...
katu

Record number of steelhead return to Deschutes River, surpassing past records

MADRAS, Ore. (KATU) — Portland General Electric says a record number of steelhead have returned to the Deschutes River. Biologists from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and PGE have collected ...
Willamette Week

Readers Respond to the Condition of the Deschutes River

Nigel Jaquiss’ recent article [“The Damned Deschutes,” WW, Dec. 18] misses the point. The story is not one of an electric utility, its critics, and the health of the Deschutes River. That framing is ...
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Steelhead returns on the Deschutes is a win, PGE and the Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs say

A spike in steelhead returns on the Deschutes River underscores years of collaboration, restoration and partnership. US Court of Appeals temporarily blocks NC ruling to throw out Supreme Court votes ...
KOIN 6

Scientists record highest number of steelhead to return to Deschutes River since 1960s

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon biologists have recorded the highest number of adult steelhead trout to return to the Deschutes River since the 1960s. Members of the Pelton Round Butte hydroelectric ...
OPB

Alder Springs Fire forces evacuations in Jefferson and Deschutes counties

A fire that started Monday morning on Crooked River National Grassland in southern Jefferson County was burning an estimated 3,442 acres as of Wednesday morning. The Alder Springs Fire has been ...
Albany Democrat-Herald

New study: PGE efforts to restore Deschutes River aren’t working

A new scientific review says the strategy that Portland General Electric and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs developed to return fish to the upper Deschutes River isn’t working. As Oregon ...
OPB

Solutions to Oregon’s drought could be found in the Deschutes Basin

Editor’s note: Throughout 2023 and into 2024, OPB is taking a deep look at the biggest social and economic challenges facing Oregon today – their origins, their impacts and possible solutions. This ...