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October 28, 1988. The Deschutes River ( / dəˈʃuːts / də-SHOOTS) in central Oregon is a major tributary of the Columbia River. The river provides much of the drainage on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in Oregon, gathering many of the tributaries that descend from the drier, eastern flank of the mountains.
Winchester Dam is a dam on the North Umpqua River in Winchester, Oregon. Constructed in 1890, the dam was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [2] The Winchester Dam was made from large timber cribs. Originally, the dam was a mere four feet high, which was raised to sixteen feet in 1907.
The Umatilla River is an 89-mile (143 km) tributary of the Columbia River in northern Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. [4] Draining a basin of 2,450 square miles (6,300 km 2 ), it enters the Columbia near the city of Umatilla in the northeastern part of the state. [4] In downstream order, beginning at the headwaters, major tributaries of ...
Lost Creek Lake is a reservoir located on the Rogue River in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The lake is impounded by William L. Jess Dam which was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1977 for flood control and fisheries enhancement. The lake and dam were the first completed elements of the multi-purpose Rogue River Basin ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials are seeking more than $27 million in damages over dam repairs they say killed more than half a million Pacific lamprey fish in what they've described as ...
April 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM. A tanker truck overturned in Northeast Oregon on Friday and spilled over 100,000 live salmon — most of which landed in a nearby creek and lived to swim another day ...
Detroit, Oregon. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Detroit Lake is a reservoir impounded by the Detroit Dam on the North Santiam River 46 miles (74 km) southeast of Salem, Oregon, United States. [1] [2] The lake is adjacent to Oregon Route 22 near the city of Detroit . This mesotrophic lake stores water for use by the city of Salem ...
Feb. 12—When Tom Mclellan stopped by a park near Long Lake Dam last Wednesday to let his dog run, he saw something unusual in the water: a lot of dead fish, their white bellies turned toward the ...