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A River Again Runs Through It
June 4, 2008
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More than two tons of high explosives set off last July ceremoniously shattered the top ten feet of the Marmot Dam, located along the Sandy River approximately 40 miles east of Portland, Oregon. The project is the state's largest dam removal project in decades and drew hundreds of spectators and dignitaries to witness the July 24th event.
The removal of the dam is the first step in the $17-million decommissioning of the Bull Run Hydroelectric Project that will also involve removal next year of a 16-ft. high dam downstream across the Little Sandy River, a nearly three-mile long wooden box flume and the 160-acre Roslyn Lake above the 22-megawatt power plant. The infrastructure diverts almost all of the flow from the Little Sandy River, prime habitat for several species of migrating salmon, for power production. Portland General Electric (PGE) and 22 government entities and conservation groups struck an agreement to restore free-flowing waters through the Sandy River Basin.
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