Lake Billy Chinook Fish Management Plan 1989

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Citation

Originator: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Publish Date: June 1989

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: Cedric.X.Cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: Lake Billy Chinook was created in 1964 when Portland General Electric Company (PGE) completed construction of Round Butte Dam on the Deschutes River. PGE operates the reservoir and adjoining facilities for electric power production. Situated approximately 8 miles southwest of the city of Madras, the lake has three arms formed by the Metolius, Deschutes, and Crooked rivers with respective lengths of 12, 8.5, and 6 miles. Nine game fish species are found Lake Billy Chinook. Of these, kokanee is by far the most abundant and widely distributed game fish in the reservoir.

Purpose: The need to develop fish management plans for major waters of the state is explicit in both the Fish Management and Wild Fish Management polices of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). Fish management plans embody overall agency goals and objectives while providing management direction specific to individual water bodies.

Time Period of Content: 1989

Geographic Extent: Jeffferson County, Oregon

Status: Final

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Format: pdf

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