Ryan Brennecke / The BulletinWorkers from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and local volunteers organized by the Bend Casting Club work together last Friday collecting fish stranded in pools along a side channel of the Deschutes River near Lava Island Falls. The fish rescue saved about 7,000 fish, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Volunteers, teaming up with state and federal workers, rescued nearly 7,000 fish from dwindling waters along the Deschutes River near Bend over the weekend.