Daily fish counts for adult salmon and steelhead collected at the Pelton Round Butte hydropower project on the Deschutes River.
Adult salmon and trout migrating upstream are collected at a sorting facility located near the Reregulating Dam – the most downstream dam in the Pelton Round Butte complex.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife collects some salmon and steelhead for broodstock (producing the next generation of hatchery fish), while excess broodstock and out-of-basin strays are distributed to the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Wild salmon and trout are released back to the river, either below the dams or upstream of Round Butte Dam, depending on the species and origin.
Daily river levels and flows on the Deschutes are available from the U.S. Geological Survey.
