The Crooked River Watershed Council has recently completed two projects that allow fish migrating up the Crooked River to reach their spawning grounds. These are two of many supporting projects helping to restore fish passage in the Deschutes River Basin. PGE and the Tribes, through the Pelton Fund, have contributed a total of $950,000 to these projects.
 

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PGE and the Tribes, through the Pelton Fund, have contributed $200,000 to a major habitat restoration project set to begin this summer on Shitike Creek, which runs through the community of Warm Springs. One of many supporting projects helping to restore fish passage on the Deschutes River, this project will return the creek to its natural meandering channel and provide valuable habitat for returning fish to spawn.

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The completion of the underwater tower near the Round Butte dam has been delayed by at least four months. When crews were assembling the three components of the tower on April 11, segments of the central conduit separated. The lower portion of the conduit fell to the bottom of Lake Billy Chinook.
 
 
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