DRA Blog
Snail Mail: ESA Petition Filed to Protect Deschutes Water Quality
The banded juga is endemic to the lower Deschutes River.
The Ask
What is the ask that the Deschutes River Alliance is making to correct the issues facing the lower Deschutes River?
The DRA and its thousands of supporters are asking for the maximum amount of cold water to be released from the depths of Lake Billy Chinook. Maximum bottom draw would occur for nine months out of the year, from the middle of June until the middle of March the following year. The three month exception would take place from March 15th to June 15th, when water would be released from the surface of Lake Billy Chinook to facilitate juvenile salmon migration.
Inspired by the Lower Deschutes: Gorge Fly Shop
Profile of Travis and Lyndsey Duddles of Gorge Fly Shop, Hood River, Oregon
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