Six conservation nonprofits join the governor and the Deschutes River Alliance in pushing for changes in dam operations
In the past two weeks, seven conservation
groups have written to Gov. Tina Kotek and state environmental regulators
pushing for changes they hope could improve the water quality in the lower 100
miles of the Deschutes River. As the Oregon
Journalism Project has reported, Portland General Electric and its partner
in the Pelton-Round Butte Dam complex, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs,
installed a selective water withdrawal tower in Lake Billy Chinook in 2009…
