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The Crooked River below Bowman Dam and the City of Prineville has suffered a major loss in the fish population.  The Source Weekly’s Brian Jennings explores the problem and what can be done to rescue one of the west’s foremost fisheries for native Redband Trout.  

This article appears in Nov 30 – Dec 7, 2016.

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Crooked River: NO FISH!

by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 3, 2016

<h1>Crooked River: NO FISH!</h1> <p class="byline">by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 3, 2016</p> <p>The Crooked River below Bowman Dam and the City of Prineville has suffered a major loss in the fish population. &nbsp;The Source Weekly's Brian Jennings explores the problem and what can be done to rescue one of the west's foremost fisheries for native Redband Trout. &nbsp;<br /> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-RgdRlEzmg </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/crooked-river-no-fish-2771946/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=21468&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/crooked-river-no-fish-2771946/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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