The 100 million dollar steelhead

A 100 million dollar fish reintroduction effort above the Pelton Rounde Butte hydro project saw its first steelhead return this month.

LINK (Via: Ecotrope)

First salmon released in the Upper Deschutes tributaries returns home

A 12-pound male salmon, one of thousands of Chinook that biologists and volunteers released into the Upper Deschutes tributaries above the Pelton-Round Butte Hydro Project in 2008, has made history. It’s the first fish to return.

LINK (Via: Deschutes Passage)