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Deschutes
Deschutes
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. -- Hal Borland
Western juniper, an iconic...
A riparian zone or corridor is the name given to the land adjacent to a stream, river or lake. A transition zone between terrestrial and...
Lake Billy Chinook (Oregon State Archives)
The Middle Deschutes River stretches from Bend to Lake Billy Chinook in Jefferson...
The Deschutes River is world famous for its trout fisheries including native populations of Columbia River redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp.),...
Wildfire is a natural ecological process, but decades of fire suppression along with changes in land use and climate have increased wildfire risk in...
Restoration projects of all types take place within the Deschutes Basin. The following provide an overview of watershed restoration projects and...
Habitat is the place where a plant or animal species naturally lives and grows. A description of habitat includes characteristics of the soil, water...
Pelton-Round Butte Dam
(Oregon State Archives)
If you were a salmon who hatched between 1964 and 2010, the Deschutes River was a tough...
The human population the Deschutes Basin is growing, particularly in its upper watershed. In the 1990s Deschutes County was at the epicenter of this...
The landscape of the Deschutes Basin include a wide variety of habitats for fish and wildlife. The Deschutes River supports healthy salmon, steelhead...
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