More Details On Skagit Dams Fish Passage, Relicensing Settlement Emerge
The City of Seattle says a settlement reached to relicense its three Skagit River dams includes “substantial commitments to … comprehensive fish passage and habitat programs, intended to increase salmon harvest and recovery,” as well flood risk management, tribal cultural access, recreation enhancements and Skagit Delta and river restoration work.
Funding Secured For Fish Passage Assessment On Dammed Umatilla River Tributary
ODFW and CTUIR say that $1 million in federal funding will help lay “the technical groundwork to eventually reconnect more than 100 miles of historic salmon and steelhead habitat” above McKay Dam on a Umatilla River tributary near Pendleton.
Seattle City Light Agrees To $1 Billion In Skagit Dams Fish Passage: Report
Dogged Seattle TV news investigators are reporting that the operator of three dams on the Skagit River has agreed to spend nearly $1 billion to install fish passage around the North Cascades facilities.