Fish passages installed to restore steelhead, salmon runs in region

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
June 20, 2009

PRINEVILLE — As the Crooked River winds through alfalfa fields and cattle pastures northwest of Prineville, it runs smack into an irrigation dam that hinders both ranchers and fish.

For decades, ranchers had to wade into the river to slide wood planks into place to divert irrigation....

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