For more than a century, the Mirror Pond Dam in downtown Bend has blocked fish migration in the Deschutes River. Now officials say they are making progress in building a fish passage to help rainbow ...

On a single $25-million project to remove a fish barrier in northwest Washington, Granite Construction worked as design-builder for a Washington State Dept. of Transportation contract to regrade ...

A long-planned project to build a fish passage facility on the Howard A. Hanson Dam is advancing with new funding. It would reopen more than 100 miles of western Washington state’s Green River for ...

The interplay between hydraulic structures and fish passage is a critical research area, particularly as engineered barriers such as dams and turbine installations disrupt natural river connectivity.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District has started the installation process in Unit 1 for another adjustable blade turbine designed for improved fish passage. The Corps has been working ...

Blocked passages for fish and turbine-induced mortality of downstream migrating fish are major environmental issues for hydropower projects. Direct spillage is one method to protect downstream fish ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- On Monday, Nov. 7 from 9-11a.m., the City of Bend’s Mirror Pond Fish Passage Advisory Committee will host a virtual meeting to launch Phase 2 of the fish passage selection process ...

PENDLETON — Fish passage at McKay Creek Reservoir Dam outside Pendleton is getting a $1 million boost. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Thursday, March 5, announced in a press release the ...

Kleinschmidt's nature-like fishway design restores fish migration, blending ecological restoration with recreational and operational needs. As a resident and fisherman in the Susquehanna River ...

RESTON, Va., Nov. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (BWMN), a national engineering services and program management firm, has been awarded a $7 million multi-year contract by ...

CLE ELUM LAKE — About 200,000 juvenile sockeye salmon swam through a flume over the top of the Cle Elum Dam in April and May this year, beginning their migration to the ocean through channels in the ...