April 28, 2009

Dam Removal Aides Salmon Passage

Savage Rapids Dam prepares for one last run

Mail Truibune, Southern Oregon

Rogue River salmon and steelhead will begin migrating over the Savage Rapids Dam fish ladder late Monday for one final run as construction crews prepare to remove the 88-year-old dam.
The two primary coffer dams essential for removing the dam will be finished by Monday, one day ahead of its three-week window for completion, said Bob Hamilton, the Bureau of Reclamation's project manager.

Removal of two additional chunks of the dam's south end were scheduled to be done by mid-December, ending the $39.3 million effort to rid the Rogue of its single biggest fish-killer.

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