By Bill Monroe The jury may still be out, but the evidence is mounting. Partnerships on the Clackamas River are resulting in significant successes for wild fish, defying perceptions of fish-killing dams. The secret is in partnerships. Witness this excerpted 2023 report from PGE’s Clackamas Project at North Fork Dam, from senior scientist Nick Ackerman:
The Clackamas River Basin Council is a member of the Clackamas Partnership, a group of more than 15 nonprofits, agencies and municipalities who have voluntarily come together to strategically improve stream and river health in the Portland metro area through coordinated restoration projects. Each partner organization in the Clackamas Partnership has different projects and roles
2023 – The Year of Kings in the Clackamas By Nick Ackerman, Senior Scientist at Portland General Electric The Chinook salmon, commonly referred to as King Salmon, is the largest of the Pacific salmon species. Commonly weighing in at 12 to 25 pounds, the size of these fish is due in part to their relatively
