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In January of 2008, the OWEB Board allocated $4 million for the Deschutes Special Investment Partnership. The goal of this SIP is to re-establish anadromous fish runs and enhance resident fish populations in the main stem and in tributary streams on both the eastside and the westside of the Deschutes basin, including the Crooked River subbasin. Anadromous fish populations were eliminated by a number of factors, chief among them, the construction of a series of dams and reservoirs, with Pelton and Round Butte Dams (1964) forming the lowest (in elevation) of the fish passage barriers on the Deschutes River mainstem. The Partnership included the Deschutes River Conservancy, Deschutes Land Trust, Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, and Crooked River Watershed Council. |