By Justin Loveland | Development & Program Associate
You did it! Thanks to your support, we removed two dams!
In summer 2015, WaterWatch removed Fielder and Wimer Dams from Evans Creek in the Rogue Basin. Our Free the Rogue campaign is now funded!
These two obsolete dams were ranked as the fourth and eighth worst fish passage barriers in Oregon. Removal will reconnect up to 70 miles of high-quality habitat in Evans Creek for Rogue Basin salmon and steelhead. Access is now reopened for native fish on a key spawning tributary of the Rogue River. Evans Creek is now entirely free-flowing at both sites and Rogue salmon and steelhead will regain improved access to some 70 miles of quality habitat in the upper reaches of the creek.
We couldn’t have done it without you! To give you an idea of what the dam removal looked like, peruse some of the photo clips below.
This is a huge victory for Oregon's rivers, but our work statewide is far from over. Contribute to our campaign to support Oregon's rivers, streams, and lakes for the fish, wildlife, and people that depend on them!
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