upper Deschutes River
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River Talk

A three-year-long study of the Upper Deschutes is nearing completion. Here’s what two local river advocates think so far
Avatar photo K.M. Collins

Like a Central Oregonian impatiently waiting to go for a swim on a hot high desert day, Natasha Bellis and Gail Snyder jumped right into the hyped Upper Deschutes River Basin Study. After rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands wet, Bellis, program manager for the Deschutes River Conservancy and Snyder, co-founder and executive […]

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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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