Of Wheels And Feathers
A primer on fishing and bike packing on the Deschutes. The lower 100 miles of the Deschutes provide ample space to create your own fish/biking …
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Jerry Christensen has a job that truly stinks
Meet the man known as “Two-Ply” who cleans and maintains the river-access-only outhouses along the popular Deschutes River in Oregon.
Lower Deschutes to stay open for steelhead fishing
The Lower Deschutes River will remain open by permanent rule for steelhead fishing through at least Sept. 14 after meeting a key threshold in its …
The Deschutes River needs your voice!
An important action alert from the Deschutes River Alliance. For the first time in 20 years, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is updating …
Landscape Amnesia and The Deschutes River
The Deschutes was once one of the clearest rivers in the West. The once gin clear Deschutes River near Bend, Oregon, is now a pea-green …
Irrigation Vandalism of Deschutes River
At one time, the Deschutes River had the most even flow of any river in the country. Due to numerous springs that provide most of …
Annual rescue of stranded fish underway on Deschutes River
This past month, irrigators began the annual drawing down of the Deschutes River to the point where fish die or are threatened. In what’s …
Lower Deschutes Plagued by Walleye
The release of warm, nutrient-laden water from the Pelton Round Butte hydroelectric project continues to cause harm to the lower Deschutes and aquatic life. Walleye …
Fishing to open on the Deschutes thanks to improved summer steelhead returns
Salmon, steelhead, trout, and bass fishing will be open under normal permanent regulations starting Aug. 15 on the Deschutes River from Moody Rapids upstream to Pelton …
Giving voice to an ailing Oregon river
Fishermen have long flocked to the lower Deschutes, which flows north from the Pelton Round Butte dams near Madras all the way to the Columbia, …