Upper Deschutes Kayak Trip: Paddle with the Pros

Got questions about the Deschutes? What better way to learn about the river than to paddle it with the pros?

Join the Coalition for the Deschutes and Tumalo Creek Kayak and Canoe (TCKC) for a water-based exploration of the Upper Deschutes. TCKC will provide transportation, guides, and the all the gear. Two local water experts, Lisa Seales and Kyle Gorman, will edify and entertain you with stories about how the Deschutes River works and is managed. Read their bios below.

Kyle Gorman is Region Manager for the South Central Region, which includes the Deschutes, Klamath and Lake Basins, for Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD). Kyle has BS in Geology from the University of Oregon. He worked as a geologist in Nevada before coming to Bend in 1990 to work for OWRD. Kyle says, “I didn’t know that I was going to be in Water management but while working for Bob Main [Kyle’s predecessor], I realized this was a really important, challenging but rewarding job and that you will never be bored or run out of things to do or address. And most of all that there is much work to be done in restoring streams in the Basin back to a more natural and improved state.”

Lisa Seales is an educator, social scientist, editor, and writer with nearly 20 years of experience in the environmental field. Lisa has a BS in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon, and a PhD and MS in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida, with a focus on water resource management as well as tourism and outdoor recreation. Lisa has been researching, teaching about, and working on water issues in the Deschutes Basin for nearly a decade now. She currently works for Farmers Conservation Alliance in their Irrigation Modernization Program, where she helps pursue water management solutions that benefit both agriculture and the environment.