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May 1, 2003

Manmade log jams tested as fish saver

  • Army Corps' five-year pilot project includes placing gravel and engineered log jams downstream of the Howard Hanson Dam.
    • By LISA LANNIGAN
    Journal Staff Reporter

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    Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Engineered log jams, like this one located on the Stillaguamish River, will be used to improve salmon habitat on the Green River downstream from the Howard Hanson Dam.

    In a portion of the Green River, downstream from the Howard Hanson Dam, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with nature in an attempt to bring fish habitat back to the river bed.


     
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