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Written by Kevney Dugan
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Monday, August 01 2011 00:00 |
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 This August the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, in partnership with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, will sample aquatic macroinvertebrates on Whychus Creek. Macroinvertebrate monitoring is one component of a 10-year, watershed-scale monitoring effort on Whychus Creek to assess improvements in habitat quality for re-introduced steelhead and Chinook salmon. We are seeking volunteers to participate in our 2011 macroinvertebrate sampling on August 20th. If you’ve ever wanted to participate in watershed stewardship or learn more about your local watershed and stream ecosystems, this is a great opportunity to get in the creek, help collect important information about macroinvertebrate communities, and learn first-hand about these tiny aquatic organisms and their vital role in our rivers and streams. For more information please go to http://www.restorethedeschutes.org.
We especially need volunteers who are willing to drive personal vehicles to transport sampling teams between sites.
Please rsvp to Lauren Mork at lmork@restorethedeschutes.org or at 541-382-6103 x39. You can also contact Darek Staab DStaab@tu.org to find out more information.
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Last Updated on Monday, August 01 2011 15:17 |
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Written by Michael Tripp
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Monday, November 15 2010 17:40 |
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 Don Ratliff, Senior Aquatic Biologist at Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project gave an entertaining and highly informative presentation which covered three topics: 1) the performance of the newly operative temperature regulating tower in Lake Billy Chinook, 2) initial results for smolt migration in the salmon/steelhead reintroduction program, and 3) bull trout in the Metolius/ Lake Billy Chinook system. Selected slides are posted below with Don’s permission.
The temperature-regulating tower operated pretty much as hoped for. Some first year glitches were encountered, but overall the system moved warmer water out of reservoir earlier in the year. This caused the lower Deschutes to be warmer early on, but cooler later in summer and fall compared to recent years. As graphs show, this will be more or less the pattern for the future. The reservoir will rapidly become a cooler body of water as a result of the system, so that in future years less warm water will have to be drained during the summer. This will change the character of the reservoir itself dramatically. It will biologically be more like a natural lake, with a much colder average temperature favoring the cold water species (kokanee/sockeye and bull trout) instead of a warm water species (smallmouth bass), in the future.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, November 16 2010 19:10 |
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Written by Michael Tripp
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Wednesday, November 03 2010 09:04 |
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Goal: To provide a timely opportunity for Trout Unlimited members and the general public to learn about and give input on Deschutes Chapter and statewide TU activities and issues.
Meeting will occur on the first Monday of each month at 6:30pm, and The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Ave, Bend, OR 97701. Changes will be posted at deschutestu.org if there are any conflicts or additional needs.
Brief presentations will be made by Darek Staab, Project Manager for the National Trout Unlimited Home Rivers Initiative based here in the Deschutes Basin (or a designated substitute), committee chairs, board members, and occasionally by outside speakers or individuals.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, November 03 2010 10:11 |
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Written by Gabe Parr
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Saturday, July 24 2010 12:59 |
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 Flyfishing 101 from Orvis and Trout Unlimited. What would be better than introducing a new person to flyfishing while at the same time speaking to them about conservation of the resource they will be using? I can't think of a better program out there, especially since we are lucky enough to have the only 18 hole casting course in North America. The Casting Course at the Old Mill in Bend was created by a partnership with Orvis and the property owners of the Old Mill District in Bend, Oregon.
Over the past few weeks an initiative created in partnership with Orvis and Trout Unlimited has fostered this unique program nationwide. Trout Unlimited currently has over 400 chapters nationwide, and Orvis has over 100 locations participating in this program. While all of us were hoping this program would be successful, I don't think anyone expected the type of success it has had.
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Last Updated on Friday, December 03 2010 20:49 |
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Written by Gabe Parr
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Wednesday, April 21 2010 07:02 |
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WhyWild.org Relaunched
TU's WhyWild Program has done a little spring cleaning and is now new and improved. Learn about chefs and fishermen who are doing their part to protect and sustain our wild salmon fisheries, and find new wild salmon recipes for the kitchen as well as ways you can get involved in some of TU's biggest salmon conservation campaigns. We'll be continuing to make minor changes to WhyWild.org over the coming weeks, so we thank you in advance for your patience.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, April 21 2010 07:09 |
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