
Water Update: Late March 2025
Written by Peter Pearsall/Satellite photo taken March 1, 2025 by Landsat 9 Malheur Refuge Maintenance Supervisor Ed Moulton reports: “The water situation is high. Malheur Lake is starting to push

Written by Peter Pearsall/Satellite photo taken March 1, 2025 by Landsat 9 Malheur Refuge Maintenance Supervisor Ed Moulton reports: “The water situation is high. Malheur Lake is starting to push

Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo of The Narrows at sunrise in early 2017 by Gary Ivey In a word, conditions are wet. Malheur Refuge Maintenance Supervisor Ed Moulton reads off a

A recent period of above-average temperatures in late December/early January, combined with rain, have melted snow at lower elevations of the Refuge, swelling the Blitzen River. “Normally in winter, the river’s

Written by MNWR Aquatic Biologist Dominic Bachman and Peter Pearsall/Photos by MNWR A new carp removal project at Malheur Refuge will employ an electronic fish barrier (e-barrier), installed near the