MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Opal Springs Volitional Fish Passage project was honored Tuesday with a State Land Board Award, recognizing a longtime collaborative effort to eliminate a major fish ...

Just call him “Finlay.” That’s the name given to the first steelhead to officially climb the newly opened fish ladder at Opal Springs Hydroelectric Project, once a barrier to anadromous fish trying to ...

A steelhead was recorded Nov. 20, 2019, traveling upstream through the new fish ladder. BEND — Just call him Finlay. That’s the name given to the first steelhead to officially climb the newly opened ...

When people in central Oregon's Madras, Culver and Metolius turn on their taps, untreated spring water flows forth. It costs them less than a penny per gallon. A company in California buys that same ...

BEND — A project designed to help fish populations travel more effectively is coming to an Oregon river. Construction is set to begin this spring on a 28-foot fish ladder at the Opal Springs ...

CULVER, Ore. (KOIN) — Unpurified, untreated water is available for sale – for $16 a jug. The so-called “raw water” trend, as initially reported in The New York Times, made it even easier to call ...