From Native Fish Society March 2025
Eugene Water and Electric Board Violating Endangered Types Act
Supporters Take Legal Action Against to Address Damage to Bull Trout and Chinook Salmon
EUGENE, OR– Today, preservation companies filed suit versus the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) declaring continuous offenses of the Endangered Types Act (ESA). For over sixteen years, the general public energy has actually run out legal compliance with federal requirements to supply correct fish passage for ESA-listed Chinook salmon and bull trout at the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Job and Path Bridge Dam on the well known McKenzie River…