Lava Lake, Oregon



Lava Lake is a relatively small, shallow lake on the eastern side of the Cascades. Although it is a headwater system to the Deschutes River, the trout fishery is currently maintained with annual stocking by ODFW and a vigorous netting program by the local resort operators to suppress the introduced tui chub.

MaxDepth was contracted to lead a formal investigation of Lava Lake including developing a modern bathymetric map (see slide show) and reconstructing the changes in the lake using paleolimnological techniques. MaxDepth, working with its collaborators (PhycoTech Inc., MyCore Scientific Inc., Dr. Roger Sweets), have completed an evaluation of changes to Lava Lake.