Month: February 2024

What the Commissioners Don’t Want You to Know About Winchester Dam’s Fish Ladder Camera 

Mike Lee February 27, 2024 0

As support coalesces for the removal of the long-ago condemned Winchester Dam on the...

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The Proverbial Myth of the Frog in a Pot of Boiling Water and the Diminishing Salmon Populations on the North Umpqua River

Hildy Johnson February 18, 2024 0

On December 29, 2023, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) limited the...

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Coast Range Radio Podcast #73: Winchester Dam – The Fight to Remove the Most Dangerous and Illegal Dam in Oregon

Hildy Johnson February 10, 2024 0

Coast Range Radio Podcast #73 (CLICK ON HOT LINK TO LISTEN) Winchester Dam –...

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The Pervasive Myth that Dam Removal is More Destructive than the Dam Itself

Hildy Johnson February 9, 2024 0

The long-ago condemned 134-year-old Winchester Dam on the North Umpqua River provides no hydroelectricity,...

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When the Winchester Dam was New … Travel Back to the Summer of 1890

Mike Lee February 9, 2024 0

There are a few references to an earlier “weir” dam where the Winchester Dam...

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Illegal Water Storage at the Winchester Dam Increases Likelihood of Dam Failure

Hildy Johnson February 8, 2024 0

In an April 18, 1994, letter from Gary Ball, Watermaster, to Al Cook, Southwest...

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Remove the Winchester Dam (Letter to the Editor)

Hildy Johnson February 4, 2024 0

Letter to the Editor: Remove the Winchester Dam By Connie Page, Roseburg, Oregon, published...

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