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Native News Online Reports Record Numbers of Steelhead Return to the Deschutes River

Nov 13, 2024 by Mo Odell
This milestone heralds progress in long-term fish reintroduction effort.

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By Native News Online Staff

Native News Online

Biologists from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Portland General Electric (PGE) have successfully gathered over 250 adult steelhead at the Pelton Round Butte hydroelectric project—the largest steelhead return recorded since dams were constructed on the Deschutes River in the 1960s.

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