Some Oregon rivers closed to steelhead fishing
9/26/2021 1:55:55 AM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Deschutes County, OR
Gilliam County, OR
Grant County, OR
Jefferson County, OR
Sherman County, OR
Umatilla County, OR
Wasco County, OR
Wheeler County, OR
Start Date: 7/1/2021
- End Date: 9/1/2021
Steelhead fishing was closed in the lower Umatilla and areas of the Deschutes and John Day rivers starting Sept. 1, due to extremely low returns of the Columbia Basin upriver summer steelhead. Passage counts of summer steelhead at Bonneville Dam from July 1 through Aug. 26 were the lowest since counts started in 1938. Returns for many populations have been low for years.
Ontario Argus Observer (Ore.), Aug 31, 2021
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