The Rogue River east of Grants Pass today will flow freely again for the first time in nearly a century.
When crews remove a temporary coffer dam on the Rogue River east of Grants Pass today, the river will flow freely again for the first time in nearly a century.
The coffer dam held back the Rogue this summer while crews knocked down much of 39-foot tall Savage Rapids Dam. The 88-year old dam was used to divert water for irrigation, but pumps installed in the spring now do that work.
Remnant portions of the dam are expected to be removed by December.
The long-planned removal of Savage Rapids is just one of a number of dam removal projects under way or complete on the southwestern Oregon river.
Read more in the Oregonian.
