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Dam Removal on the Rogue River in Oregon

August 12, 2008 by John Sterling

WaterWatch, a recent Conservation Alliance grantee, has been working collaboratively with local, state and federal officials to restore the Rogue River -- one of Oregon's premiere whitewater and salmon/steelhead streams -- by removing four dams on the stream. The first of those dams -- the Elk Creek Diversion --  was removed on July 16. Check out the video at: