Posts by Dr. Liz Perkin

NFS and partners secure new protections for Oregon Coast coho salmon

For Immediate Release, March 23, 2023Contact:         Amy Atwood, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 503-5660, atwood@biologicaldiversity.orgJosh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 844-8182,...

Molalla River Restoration - PART IV: Coming 'Round The Bend With The BLM

*Note: This is Part Four of a Four Part Series. Read Parts One, Two, and Three. The “Corner Bend” site doesn’t look all that impressive at first blush. Sure, it’s a good place for an apex jam that...

Molalla River Restoration - PART III: Copper Creek

*Note: This is Part Three of a Four Part Series. Read Part One HERE, Part Two HERE and Part Four HERE. Heavy rain gave way to deep snow as we made our way higher and higher up into the Molalla...

Molalla River Restoration - PART II: The Partnership

*Note: This is Part Two of a Four-Part Series. Read Part One, Part Three and Part Four. In November 2021, when Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) North Willamette District Fish Biologist...

Molalla River Restoration - PART I: Background

*Note: This is Part One of a Four Part Series. See other published Parts at the bottom of the page. Standing atop a rocky outcropping, I spot several spring Chinook spawning in the shadow of the...

Hatchery Effects: Genetic Risk vs Productivity Decline

Last June, Ian Courter and colleagues published a paper arguing that the winter steelhead hatchery program on the Hood River had no negative effects on the wild stock. But a new comment by Matt...

Deschutes River - Dinner and Drinks Recap

On Thursday, September 1st, 2022 NFS' own Northern Oregon Coordinator, Dr. Liz Perkin, provided an update on water quality, aquatic insects, and summer steelhead in the Deschutes River. We...

Giving the Molalla River a Chance

Guest Post by Luke Whitman and Ben Walczak of Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeHistoric land use practices have taken their toll on native fish in the Molalla River, especially salmon and...

Celebrating 30 Years of the Salmonberry River Data Collection: Temperature

By Ian Fergusson Joyce Sherman already provided a history of the monitoring program in the Salmonberry. As part of that program, we started monitoring temperatures in 1993, and continued through...

Deschutes Update: Boots on the Ground

"I've got about four sites I want to get planted, so let's get going." With that, Matt Mendes, NFS River Steward for the Warm Springs River, rounded us up and got us going on...

Celebrating 30 Years of the Salmonberry River Data Collection Project

The Salmonberry River Data Collection Project: Citizen scientists compile long term wild fish database Note: This is a shorter version of an article Joyce wrote for The Osprey. Read her full...

Wild Steelhead Story - Steve Kyle

When I was about seven years old, my father surprised me with my first fishing rod, a stout little piece of dark amber-colored fiberglass with an attached shiny reel. After showing me how it worked...

Tell ODOT to Remove Kellogg Dam

Now is the time to remove the aging and dangerous Kellogg Dam! The Oregon Department of Transportation will be receiving a windfall in the form of an extra $1.2 billion thanks to the Infrastructure...

Volunteer Opportunity! Bakeoven Creek Habitat Revival

This summer, Native Fish Society joined forces with Deschutes River Alliance to begin work on the Bakeoven Watershed Rehabilitation Project - a collaborative effort to clear hundreds of pounds of...

Columbia Steelhead in Crisis: Leadership & Loss on the Deschutes

NFS River Steward Jeff Hickman, the owner and head guide of Fish the Swing, a highly respected fly fishing outfitter based in Oregon, recently announced that he is canceling his entire season of...

Volunteer Opportunity – Rangewide Bull Trout eDNA Project and the Upper Deschutes River basin

This fall, 2021, there is an opportunity to take part in a cutting-edge project to determine if threatened Bull Trout still reside in the Upper Deschutes basin. The focus will be on Little...

Juvenile Salmon Are Attracted to Light at Night

Do you own waterfront property or have a dock? If you do, you may want to consider removing any outdoor lighting at those locations, given the results of a recent study coauthored by Liz Perkin,...

A Season of Stewardship on the Deschutes

River Steward Stories: Matt Mendes, Warm Springs & Lower Deschutes Rivers“Sometimes, we would just put the truck in first gear and walk alongside throwing empties in the bed,” explained Matt...