OAR 635-500-2000: Lower Deschutes River Fish Management — Applicability

OAR 635-500-2000 through 635-500-3070 apply to the Lower Deschutes River Subbasin of the Deschutes River. The lower Deschutes River Subbasin is defined as the Deschutes River from the Pelton Reregulating Dam downstream to the Columbia River and all waters within that drainage area. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon is the modern-day successor to the seven bands of Wasco and Sahaptin speaking Indians of the mid-Columbia area whose representatives were signatories to treaties which established fishing rights within areas of the Lower Deschutes River Subbasin. It is the intention of the Department of Fish and Wildlife to work cooperatively with the CTWS to implement these rules and to co-manage the fisheries of the Lower Deschutes subbasin for the benefit of the CTWS and the public.