Surveying fish in Whychus Creek

When Sisters resident John May saw people wading in Whychus Creek on August 19, obviously working on some sort of project, he was curious. He stopped by and encountered Deschutes Watershed District Fish Biologist Jerry George conducting a fish survey.

He asked George for details on the work, and the biologist sent him an email sketching out the results of the survey. May shared the information with The Nugget.

"Today we found that, while present, trout were in very low abundance in Whychus Creek along Junipine Lane. We collected too few fish to conduct a population estimate for the sampling re...