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Archive Home > 2011 > November > 25 > $60M fish passage taking shape

$60M fish passage taking shape

• The Soda Springs Dam project will reopen salmon spawning grounds blocked for 60 years

By DD Bixby / The Bulletin
November 25, 2011

TOKETEE — Depending on the weather, anywhere from 50 to 100 people are hammering, welding and scraping away at the Soda Springs Dam every day.

The workers are building a $60 million fish passage to open up for the first time in 60 years spawning beds on the upper reaches of the North Umpqua....

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