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Advocates Ask Feds to Make EWEB Consider Volitional Fish Passage at Trail Bridge Dam

April 22, 2026 by Noah Angell

The Trail Bridge dam sits at the end of the frame. The dark blue water of the Mckenzie runs with green trees on the shore.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2026 Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, (541)-534-1463 Jennifer Fairbrother, Native Fish Society Lindsey Hutchison, Willamette Riverkeeper Eugene, OR — Today, on Earth Day, Advocates submitted a petition to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting a cost and viability comparison of volitional passage at the Trail Bridge Dam on the McKenzie River, and interim improvements … Read more

Press Release: WA Fish and Wildlife Commission Orders Rulemaking to Require Permits for Suction Dredge Mining

July 31, 2025April 16, 2018 by Josh

April 14, 2018 — A milestone for aquatic health was achieved today when the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission unanimously ordered the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to initiate a rulemaking process that would require individual permits for suction dredge mining in the state.

Press Release: Bull Trout Harmed by Years of Agency Inaction, Legal Action Initiated

July 11, 2014 by Josh

July 11, 2014 — Nearly four years after critical habitat protection was granted to bull trout, federal land management agencies have still not determined whether existing land management plans are compatible with protecting the fish. Today, conservation groups Cottonwood Environmental Law Center, WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project, and Cascadia Wildlands sent a notice of intent to sue to both the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service over failures to properly evaluate the consequences of actions taken within bull trout critical habitat.

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