Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2007 > May > 13 > Steelhead return to Whychus Creek

Steelhead return to Whychus Creek

Releases mark first time in 5 decades species has swam in historic habitat

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
May 13, 2007

CAMP POLK - Thousands of steelhead fry, each only slightly more than an inch long, swam around in large plastic bags set in Whychus Creek, acclimating to the chilly water rushing by.

A few yards away, at the edge of Camp Polk Meadow northeast of Sisters, Delvis Heath, chief of the Warm Springs....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.