Sometimes the return of one adult salmon or steelhead is more exciting than runs of hundreds or thousands. That’s the situation this year in Central Oregon’s Deschutes River Basin. Continue reading →

Filed under: Water, Deschutes River, Pelton Round Butte hydro project, Portland General Electric, Steelhead

A new study out of Oregon State University found sea-run steelhead mate with stay-at-home rainbow trout – and that the two fish populations in the Pacific Northwest are more interdependent than people once thought. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Hatchery reform, Oregon State University, Rainbow trout, Steelhead

Adding spillway weirs or fish slides to dams on the Columbia and Snake river dams have helped young fish survive their outmigration to the ocean, according to a progress report from hydropower system operators. Continue reading →

Filed under: Energy, Fish & Wildlife, Columbia River Basin, Dams, Salmon, Snake River, Steelhead