Freedom for the Rogue River! Savage Rapids Dam Comes Out
This morning the Savage Rapids coffer dam was breached, culminating over 20 years of hard work to restore the Rogue River to freedom. A dam has blocked the river since 1921, and was deemed one of Oregon's worst impediments to wild salmon passage.
Read more in the Medford Mail Tribune.
Congrats to WaterWatch of Oregon and other groups who worked hard on this project!
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