<img decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" class="size-full wp-image-42206" src="https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Deschutes-River-during-winter-when-flows-are-reduced.-Near-Meadow-picnic-area.-Oregon-George-Wuerthner-1-of-1-2.jpeg" alt="" width="100%" height="auto" srcset="https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Deschutes-River-during-winter-when-flows-are-reduced.-Near-Meadow-picnic-area.-Oregon-George-Wuerthner-1-of-1-2.jpeg 800w, https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Deschutes-River-during-winter-when-flows-are-reduced.-Near-Meadow-picnic-area.-Oregon-George-Wuerthner-1-of-1-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Deschutes-River-during-winter-when-flows-are-reduced.-Near-Meadow-picnic-area.-Oregon-George-Wuerthner-1-of-1-2-388x220.jpeg 388w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Channel of the Deschutes River dried up once irrigators shut off water behind upstream dams. Photo George Wuerthner</figcaption>

Netting fish trapped in shallow water is a symbolic gesture that treats the symptoms and doesn’t solve the ultimate cause of the problem. The ultimate problem is that irrigation districts steal water from the fish and all other aquatic life to further their private profits.

<a href="https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2023/10/23/a-tale-of-two-rivers-irrigation-vandalism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LINK</strong></a> (via The Wildlife News)

Netting fish trapped in shallow water is a symbolic gesture that treats the symptoms and doesn’t solve the ultimate cause of the problem. The ultimate ...{ai:summary}<p>The Deschutes River suffers due to the actions of irrigation districts, which prioritize private profits over the well-being of fish and other aquatic life. Netting trapped fish is merely a temporary solution that fails to address the root cause of the problem. #environment</p>

Fish by the Hundreds Rescued in Isolated Deschutes River Channel

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