Technical Review and Comments: Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the Deschutes River and its Tributaries – Sediment, Bacteria, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, and Temperature ( July 31, 2020) We have […]
Tulalip Tribes News Covers Festival of the Steh-Chass
Festival of the Steh-Chass Celebrates Salmon Protection and Restoration Posted on September 6, 2018 by Kim Kalliber Native American rapper Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas headlined the Festival. By Kalvin Valdillez, Tulalip […]
What happens if we don’t restore the Deschutes River Estuary?
What happens if we don’t restore the Deschutes River Estuary? In last week’s blog post on the Top 10 Personal Reasons to Restore the Deschutes River Estuary we talked about […]
Restoring the Deschutes Estuary to its Natural Flow
by Glen Anderson, producer and host of this TV series The Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation’s December 2014 TV program, “Restoring the Deschutes River to its Natural Flow,” will air three […]
Video: The Power of a River
Produced by DERT Board member Helen Wheatley, this video illustrates just how powerful the Deschutes River can be with stormwater surges, and the problem Capitol Lake poses as sediments are […]
The history of the Deschutes River estuary, 1895 to 1948
How the Deschutes River estuary came to be dammed in the 1950s has been a heated topic locally the last few years. A history of the local efforts to dam […]
Roundup of all the myths about “saving Capitol Lake”
Myth #1: Restoring the estuary would exposes stinky mudflats. Actually, the north basin of Capitol Lake would remain filled 80 percent of the time. If the estuary were restored, we wouldn’t […]
Goals Of DERT Take Decades Of Hard Work!
Removing a dam to restore an ecosystem is never exciting or glamorous. It’s always a hard-fought slog of paperwork, meetings and most of all asking the public for their support. […]
Interview: Jeff Dickison, Fish Biologist for Squaxin Island Tribe
Thank you so much to KAOS Radio Show, Make No Bones About It, for giving attention to this important issue in our community. Thank you also to Squaxin Island Tribe, […]
Today Is The Day To Help Ensure A Deschutes Estuary
Tell state representatives listed below to Vote No on HB 1938 Capitol lake is not doing well, its vital signs continue to decline. It is dying. . Not only is […]
