Saturday’s annual Deschutes River Cleanup was a success — with 1,960 pounds of litter and debris pulled from the river, despite dramatic increases in river use since 2019.
BEND, OR Even with more river usage, it appears less trash is ending up in the Deschutes.
Kolleen Miller with the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council tells KBND News 15 divers took part in Saturd.
The Deschutes River in Bend was teeming with life on Saturday, as hundreds of volunteers, including dozens of scuba divers, pulled up trash and other oddities from the river during
The 27th annual Deschutes River Cleanup Day is Saturday the 29th from 9am to 2 pm. Volunteers are needed to help pull trash out of the water.
“We have five different river clean up site.