Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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Carmen Smith generators MCKENZIE BRIDGE: Changes in the power market will likely impact plans for major upgrades at the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s Trail Bridge Dam. As part of an ongoing process to renew a federal license to operate the Carmen Smith hydropower facility, the utility had proposed building a screen at the dam to prevent downstream migrating fish from going through turbine blades. Because water levels in the reservoir formed by the dam fluctuate on a daily basis, the screen would be more complex than the blocking devices c...
ODF logo The lightning-caused Cascade Division Complex is burning approximately 14 miles northwest of Sisters in steep terrain above the Metolius Basin. Most of the small fires in the complex have been completely suppressed and as of August 6, responsibility has been returned to the National Forest, and the team is solely managing the Green Ridge Fire, the only large fire in this complex, approximately 1,510 acres and 95 percent contained. Mop-up and repair of suppression damage will continue into next week. Light smoke may still be visible in...
