Watershed monitoring helps track changes on the landscape that affect clean water, healthy fish and willdife populations, and the overall health of the 2,000,000-acre Upper Deschutes River sub-basin.

Water Quality Monitoring

Since 2001, the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council has been working with more than 20 local partners to implement a regionally-coordinated water quality monitoring program designed to track changes in the local rivers and streams.  More than 200 sites across the region are monitoring for parameters such as temerature, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity.  Click here to access the Water Quality Monitoring Program pages.

Habitat Restoration Project Monitoring

All of the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council habitat restoration projects are monitored pre- and post-implementation to evaluate project success, learn more about restoration techniques and track the long-term changes on the landscape.  Click here to learn more about restoration projects and their monitoring.