Portland General Electric and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs joined forces in the reintroduction effort in 2005.

MADRAS, Ore. (KATU) — Portland General Electric says a record number of steelhead have returned to the Deschutes River.

Officials are reporting a record number of steelhead returned to the Deschutes River this year. KATU-2 reports biologists collected over 250 adult steelheads in this year's ...

The current run of steelhead trout in the Deschutes River has seen a record number of the fish pass through the Pelton Round ...

Biologists from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Portland General Electric have successfully gathered over 250 ...

Biologists from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Portland General Electric have collected more than 250 returning adult steelhead at the Pelton-Round Butte hydroelectric project – the ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated the types of fish in the middle section of the Deschutes River. Redbands and Brown Trout are found in the middle Deschutes.

This early return signals a positive trend for the season, as Deschutes River steelhead runs usually continue from late summer into the following March. “We’ve already surpassed the entire run ...