Fish Habitat Improvements on the Deschutes River

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  • čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
  • Partnerships create habitat improvements for salmon and steelhead upstream of Oregon's Pelton-Round Butte Hydroelectric Project. Relicensing the project, owned by Portland General Electric and The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, provided opportunities and funding to open up hundreds of square miles of stream and river spawning and rearing environment. This is a story of how cooperation between private and public groups can reach mutual goals through effective communication and commitment.

Komentáře • 54

  • @earthfriendly5799
    @earthfriendly5799 Před 2 měsíci

    When talk started flowing between different people and groups, the water started flowing as well. Great collaboration work.

  • @pancakeface5717
    @pancakeface5717 Před 2 lety +14

    Given this presentation is now over 8-years old, there should be some data on the effectiveness of the improvements on fish populations. Please provide an update.

  • @BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists

    The next step of this is to reduce the eutrophication of the lower Deschutes which is caused by the increased cycling of surface water in Lake Billy Chinook. They don't seem to have the answer yet. We do have it. They need to call.

  • @jackmcmichael3560
    @jackmcmichael3560 Před rokem +2

    That is some awesome work you all have done is there any plans to add beavers to help restore the habitat and water table

  • @lindadority1056
    @lindadority1056 Před rokem +1

    Nine years later I wish there was an update 😢

  • @typhoon320i
    @typhoon320i Před 3 lety +14

    I like the videos where they realize the best thing to do, is remove the dam. Full stop.

  • @johnrobinson7336
    @johnrobinson7336 Před 4 měsíci

    I love it, but how do we store water that just runs into the ocean

  • @roberttuss5349
    @roberttuss5349 Před 4 lety +1

    The added music in this video is BRUTAL!

  • @DC9848
    @DC9848 Před rokem

    Farmers should be financially supported to move from open air irrigation to micro drip based that feeds the water near the ground directly to the plants and develops a deeper root system

  • @raybon7939
    @raybon7939 Před 2 lety +2

    I wonder what affect creating to many pools has if any.

  • @lag9765
    @lag9765 Před rokem +1

    It's about time we recognize that a healthy environment equates to a healthy America... The age of dams is over... There are indeed better ways...

  • @tonandmarc
    @tonandmarc Před 3 lety

    i like the way the work with the land owners

  • @mtunstill1
    @mtunstill1 Před 7 lety +6

    If this is so good for the Deschutes why is algae now covering the streamed below the dam dam?

    • @manuelbin3774
      @manuelbin3774 Před 4 lety

      Animas. Layon

    • @manuelbin3774
      @manuelbin3774 Před 4 lety

      msta

    • @aznboycols
      @aznboycols Před 4 lety +4

      In Ohio, it's farm runoff of fertilizers that's causing algae blooms in the rivers and streams. Not counting the occasional "accidental" releases of animal manure. They pay a small fine and life goes on.

  • @AminulIslam-hn1uy
    @AminulIslam-hn1uy Před 8 lety +1

    Wonderful learning and useful documentary. Aminul, UNDP Bangladesh

  • @RRINTHESHOP
    @RRINTHESHOP Před 7 lety +13

    This is a huge crock of bull. It is killing the river below the dam. Been coming here for over 30 yrs, and have been watching the lower river die.

    • @MatanuskaHIGH
      @MatanuskaHIGH Před 3 lety

      It takes time to heal. 🤷‍♂️

    • @rodshop5897
      @rodshop5897 Před 2 lety

      What method are you using to determine that, "It is killing the river below the dam"?

  • @robertcalamusso4218
    @robertcalamusso4218 Před 2 lety

    Great

  • @sweynforkbeard8857
    @sweynforkbeard8857 Před 4 lety +1

    In rainy Minnesota they tried this type of habitat improvement and it is a total disaster. Unfortunately, the MNDNR is uncapable of learning and they keep repeating their mistakes, wasting the natural resources funds.

    • @rodshop5897
      @rodshop5897 Před 2 lety

      "they tried this type of habitat improvement and it is a total disaster." What evidence do you have for this?

    • @sweynforkbeard8857
      @sweynforkbeard8857 Před 2 lety

      @@rodshop5897 Personal observation of Minnesota DNR work on a variety of area streams in SE Minnesota that I fish on a regular basis.
      Woody debris works fairly well on inside bends and slow straight sections. It washes out if you place it in high current areas or outside bends. The problem with using woody debris is that when it floods, wood floats up and it easily rips out of dirt banks.

    • @manfredstrappen7491
      @manfredstrappen7491 Před 5 měsíci

      They use cables to stake the debris down out here.

    • @sweynforkbeard8857
      @sweynforkbeard8857 Před 5 měsíci

      @@manfredstrappen7491 I've seen that as well. The other issue is that woody debris creates erosion eddy currents that wash the bank out behind the structure causing the cables to wash out as well.

  • @robertwickes2117
    @robertwickes2117 Před 2 lety

    Every body who works on the projects disserves a pat on the back great job people 👍👍👍👍❤️👌

  • @everythingican
    @everythingican Před 5 lety

    👍🇨🇦😃

  • @pieterpost563
    @pieterpost563 Před 4 měsíci

    Devil blackrock 😢

  • @eddybetanya
    @eddybetanya Před 2 lety +1

    Senior fish biologist realises after 40 years, he knows nothing.

    • @raybon7939
      @raybon7939 Před 2 lety

      It's hard to say , I know that as a specie's we won't last long without abundant and plentiful access to protein. And there's going to be billions more people.
      So that means we are going to need more fish to consume.

  • @mrlondon963
    @mrlondon963 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent work.
    Beautiful scenery.
    Are there bears there?

  • @dwetick1
    @dwetick1 Před 5 lety +1

    Lots of squatters and homeless people living along the Deschutes...one I talked to said his biggest expenditure was ammunition.

  • @ashikabdul5283
    @ashikabdul5283 Před 2 lety

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @firewoodwizard
    @firewoodwizard Před 4 lety

    "the bastids in their whie lab coats expriment on mountain goats, they should leave the universe alone, its not their business not their home". - John Prine

    • @rodshop5897
      @rodshop5897 Před 2 lety

      Yeah, keep those dam engineers in their white lab coats away from areas that are not their home.

  • @Euronymphflyfishing
    @Euronymphflyfishing Před rokem +2

    The fish ladder at the Pelton dam never worked!!! They are now catching the fish and dumping them into Lake billy chinook in 2023 This is a failed project. there has been no evidence of any fish spawning through these efforts in the upper Deschutes river basin, as well as it would be nearly impossible for the juveniles to make it back to the lower Deschutes. It makes absolutely no sense.

  • @PCMenten
    @PCMenten Před 3 lety +4

    Take the dam out.

  • @nancygilliland4002
    @nancygilliland4002 Před rokem +1

    What will become of wetlands and their habitats, now that the supreme court has removed their protected status? Yet again, lut of ignorance and greed, birds, aquatic life, p,ants, and yes, your life have been put in jeopardy......