In Colorado Rapids, our raft exploded in the best possible way. It was our third day floating the Lower Deschutes River, and we’d been running splashy but mostly mellow rapids in 90 degree ...

In May, ODFW announced that the usual summertime steelhead fishing season on the Deschutes River was closed from June 1-Aug. 15, per the new framework. Staff have been closely monitoring unmarked ...

The river is split into three sections: the upper, middle and lower Deschutes, with each section known for different features and fish characteristics. The upper Deschutes runs from Little Lava ...

World-class fisheries on the lower Deschutes River are struggling as water quality declines. Fishing guide Amy Hazel won’t go down without a fight. Fishing guide Amy Hazel rows a drift boat on ...

The Lower Deschutes River Back Country Byway is surrounded by canyon walls that tower above lonesome boaters who own the river this time of year. Many of the columnar basalt cliffs reach hundreds ...

MAUPIN, Ore. — Alysia Littleleaf and her husband, Elke, make their living as fishing guides on the lower Deschutes River, near the Warm Springs Reservation. A major tributary of the Columbia ...

Tina Kotek and state environmental regulators pushing for changes they hope could improve the water quality in the lower 100 miles of the Deschutes River. As the Oregon Journalism Project has ...

While they are few in number, some Chinook could make their way up the Deschutes River as far as Big Falls, near Lower Bridge west of Terrebonne, said Jerry George, district fish biologist for ODFW.