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Fish Rescue

Every October, a group dons their waders to rescue fish around Lava Island. Thousands live. Thousands also die.
Brian Jennings

It was 2013 when Kim Brannock of Bend first witnessed thousands of dying fish in a side channel of the upper Deschutes River near Lava Island. As co-founder of the Coalition for the Deschutes, she was sickened by the sight, only to find out it had been occurring for decades with seasonal irrigation water flows […]

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Upper Deschutes Watershed Council River Clean-up

Hayley Jo Murphy

While we have been busy wringing our hands about the river trash, Upper Deschutes Watershed Council has been busy doing something about it. The local river stewards coordinate the annual Deschutes River Clean-up, and Kolleen Miller, the group’s Education Director, confirms that, “We have watched the problem increase exponentially over the past six years. Last […]

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