Deschutes Partnership News

• Aug 09, 2018 - Bend Bulletin - Internationally known river researcher visits Whychus Creek

  An internationally regarded expert in rivers and how they influence the environment around them is lending his expertise to one of Central Oregon’s largest restoration projects.

• Jun 06, 2018 - Bend Bulletin - Editorial: Canal piping pays off for all

  The Three Sisters Irrigation District will, by 2020, accomplish something similar districts in the region can only dream about. It will have piped every inch of its 64-mile delivery system and, in the process, provided something good to just about everyone.

• Apr 08, 2018 - Bend Bulletin - Deschutes Land Trust announces 152-acre land preserve near Prineville

  The Deschutes Land Trust recently announced a new 152-acre preserve on the outskirts of Prineville and officials are optimistic about its future.

• Jan 08, 2018 - The Oregonian - $10.7M project to help fish travel coming to Oregon river

  BEND — A project designed to help fish populations travel more effectively is coming to an Oregon river.

• Jan 06, 2018 - Bend Bulletin - New fish ladder coming to Opal Springs

  A $10.7 million project is coming to the Crooked River, designed to help the region’s salmon and steelhead populations traverse the river more effectively.

• Dec 21, 2017 - HydroWorld - Opal Springs Fish Passage Project in Oregon is moving forward

  The Opal Springs Fish Passage Project planned for the 6-MW Opal Springs hydroelectric project located in the Columbia River Basin on Crooked River, in Jefferson County, Ore., is moving forward.

• Dec 20, 2017 - KTVZ - Fish ladder set to go in at Crooked River hydro project

  A new fish ladder is set to go in on the Crooked River at the Opal Springs Hydroelectric Project.

• Dec 11, 2017 - Captial Press - $6.3 million approved for Oregon water projects

  Four water projects in Oregon have won nearly $6.3 million from state regulators, though only $5.1 million is available on hand to spend.

• Aug 12, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Gathering insects to support Whychus Creek

  Restoring salmon and steelhead populations in Whychus Creek relies on a healthy habitat full of aquatic insects.

• May 24, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Deschutes Brewery backs Whychus restoration

  The Deschutes Land Trust received its largest corporate donation to date from one of Bend’s most visible businesses.

• Apr 05, 2017 - The Source Weekly - Deschutes Land Trust Buys Whychus Creek Land

  The Deschutes Land Trust has purchased 130 acres of land along Whychus Creek near Sisters, as part of the organization's ongoing campaign to restore and enhance the creek and its floodplain. The purchase, part of the new Willow Springs Preserve, includes close to one mile of waterfront along Whychus Creek.

• Apr 04, 2017 - KTVZ - Deschutes Land Trust buys 130 acres along Whychus Creek

  BEND, Ore. - The Deschutes Land Trust announced Tuesday it has purchased and permanently protected 130 acres of land along Whychus Creek, northeast of Sisters.

• Feb 24, 2017 - Bend Bulletin - Whychus Creek campaign gets gift from unlikely source

  The campaign to restore Whychus Creek got a boost from an unlikely source: the current chief operating officer of Bank of America.

• Sep 01, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Hiking the Whychus Canyon Preserve

  The Whychus Canyon Preserve includes nearly 1,000 acres of stunning canyon and stream terrain where the pine trees stubbornly give way to the unforgiving High Desert just northeast of Sisters. The Deschutes Land Trust has protected 8 miles of Whychus Creek and more than 2,200 acres of adjacent flood plains, wetlands and forests.

• Aug 22, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Restoration work continues on Whychus Creek

  Work crews began diverting a portion of Whychus Creek into a restored channel last week in an effort to return the tributary to its natural state and create habitat for fish and wildlife.

• Aug 18, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Critter camera catches black bear in Central Oregon

  The Deschutes Land Trust set up a slideshow on its website after a bear showed up this season in pictures from a wildlife camera at one of the sites the trust manages.

• Aug 04, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Metolius Preserve

  The Metolius Preserve has more than 80 species of birds and a rich diversity of plants. Within the preserve, the Becky Johnson Trail is a loop of just over half a mile around South Fork Lake Creek, one of three forks of the creek that flow through the preserve.

• Jun 22, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Editorial: More time for fish solution

  It’s far easier to block fish from the Deschutes River south of Lake Billy Chinook than it is to return them to that same stretch years later. That’s one of the lessons to be learned from the latest effort to do just that, an effort that’s now entering its second decade.

• Jun 14, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Restoration to begin on Whychus Creek

  Another restoration project along Whychus Creek near Sisters is scheduled to begin this summer to rehabilitate a historic floodplain and meadow for fish and wildlife.

• Apr 20, 2016 - Bend Bulletin - Whychus Canyon hike pays off

  Although I’ve roamed the extensive trails of Central Oregon for 15 years, I still come across areas where I have never set foot. Somehow I had yet to explore the Whychus Canyon Preserve, nearly 1,000 acres of stunning canyon and stream terrain where the pine trees stubbornly give way to the unforgiving High Desert just northeast of Sisters.