NMFS’s Retired Oregon Coast Branch Boss Recognized For Can-do Ethic: ‘We Didn’t Believe In A No-win’
In 2007 Ken Phippen watched the removal of Savage Rapids Dam get underway on Oregon’s Rogue River. It reopened more than 150 miles of habitat to protected salmon and steelhead. It was a monumental achievement for salmon conservation on the Rogue. Many hoped it would be only the first of several dams to come out.