BY MATTHEW PREUSH | THE OREGONIAN | DECEMBER 03, 2009
A photo of a juvenile Chinook salmon that was reportedly the first to use a $100 million fish collection device meant to restore salmon runs in the Upper Deschutes Basin.
It's been four decades since salmon were able to complete their circuitous life journey to and from central Oregon's upper Deschutes River basin.
This week one of the species took the first step towards restoring the upper basin's historic runs, which were wiped out by the construction of hydroelectric dams.
On Wednesday, the first salmon swam into one of the garage-sized collection bays of a $100 million dollar tower designed to redirect flows in Lake Billy Chinook so migrating fish can be collected and trucked around the dams.
Read more: First salmon try out new fish tower on Deschutes River
By David Cleary | ENVIRO FOCUS | JUNE 2009 | www.pacmar.com
In 2007, Associated Underwater Services (AUS) completed a detailed underwater investigation of the USS Chehalis (AOG-48), a WWII-era navel gasoline tanker resting on the bottom of Pago Pago harbor in American Samoa, and discovered a large quantity of product still aboard. Now the company wants the contract to salvage the vintage high-octane aviation fuel, but several obstacles stand in the diving company’s way.
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