The Horizon
All the latest updates on our work defending rural lands, creating livable cities and towns and preserving wild lands and water throughout Central Oregon
Upper Deschutes Basin steelhead listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act
Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service’s “non-essential experimental population” (NEP) designation for Upper Deschutes Basin steelhead expires — meaning all steelhead above the Pelton Round Butte dams are now officially listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
How does the HCP affect the Deschutes? - Part 1
How does the HCP affect the Deschutes and how do our recommendations compare to what has been proposed in the final plan?