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By December, the northern half of the dam on the Rogue River will be gone, allowing salmon and steelhead to swim freely past the site for the first time since 1921.
MEDFORD, Ore. — Another dam on the Rogue River may be a candidate for removal. Gold Ray Dam could be taken out of the upper Rogue River in 2012 and replaced with world-class kayaking rapids ...
The wild and scenic Rogue River has become even wilder with the demolition of a dam that had hindered passage of salmon, steelhead and other fish to their spawning grounds. IE 11 is not supported.
An old, unused dam was demolished last week along a tributary of the Applegate River in Josephine County, Ore., the latest barrier to fall in an ongoing, decades-long effort to […] ...
Workers on the Rogue River are preparing for jackhammers to turn the 88-year-old Savage Rapids Dam into rubble, giving fish free passage. By December, the northern half of the dam will be gone ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Within weeks, jackhammers will start knocking Savage Rapids Dam into rubble, and with it two decades of bitter battles over whether to keep what had become a crumbling symbol ...
ROCKFORD - The Rum Creek Dam has been removed to open the waterway for trout. The removal of the old mill dam was completed earlier this month as part of the Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative ...
Gold Ray Dam, a major blockage on Oregon’s Rogue River. Giant pinchers go to work on the dam, section by section. Moving fish from Tolo Slough.
After nearly a century of dam-nation, the Rogue River was set free this weekend. As reported by The Oregonian, crews removed the temporary coffer dam on the Rogue River, east of Grants Pass, that ...
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- A bill has been introduced in Congress to provide $22.2 million to remove Savage Rapids Dam from the Rogue River to help salmon and replace it with pumps to supply the Grants ...
GRANTS PASS, ORE. — For years, the water stored by the Savage Rapids Dam has nurtured the green bean fields and grazing pastures of southern Oregon, turning them into a lush region of bounty ...
ROCKFORD, Mich. – If you like trout fishing, volunteers are building a more pristine habitat near the Rogue River. Several groups are contributing volunteer efforts to dismantle a dam on Rum ...