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Deschutes Diaries: October 2024
Welcome to the start of our new series, Deschutes Diaries, exploring the history, developments, and future of the lower Deschutes! Through these articles, we’ll take a closer look at the events...
Dr. Liz Perkin
Whychus Creek is Waiting
Whychus Creek is WaitingBy Tom Derry"Last week a good friend took me on a tour of Rimrock Ranch in central Oregon's Deschutes River Basin. When we topped the ridge and got our first look...
Tom Derry
Deschutes River Cleanup
Get warmed up for Earth Day by joining River Steward Matt Mendes for a trash clean-up on the lower Deschutes River!We'll start out the day with some coffee and donuts at 10am at the eastern...
Victory: Trout Creek & Crooked River pH Standards Remain Protective
Thanks to comments submitted by Native Fish Society members, volunteers, staff, and our partner organizations, the staff of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) have decided to not...
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...
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...
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...
Bring on the Goats! A Small Part of the Larger Picture
It was the middle of May on the Deschutes, the time of year when the salmonflies are prolific and unavoidable. Tom Derry, Liz Perkin, and I were walking up the tracks to Tommy’s secret fishing...
Tracy Buckner
Recap - Bull Trout eDNA
Native Fish Society hosted a lunch and learn featuring Bull Trout eDNA testing with River Steward Jodi Wilmoth on Thursday October, 29th. The presentation included a brief overview of eDNA, the...
