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WaterWatch of Oregon homepage. WaterWatch protects and restores natural flows in Oregon's rivers to sustain the native fish, wildlife, and the people who depend on healthy rivers. WaterWatch is a river protection and river conservation nonprofit.

Since 1985, WaterWatch has pursued a single clear mission: To protect and restore flows in Oregon rivers to sustain the native fish, wildlife, and the people who depend on healthy rivers.

 

 

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November 9th: Thanks to all who attended and contributed to A Celebration of Oregon Rivers in Portland on Nov 7th!

October 12th '09:  Thank you to all who helped celebrate the removal of Savage Rapids Dam on Saturday!

October 9th, '09: Savage Rapids' coffer dam was breached at 11am:


September '09: Get updates from WaterWatch on Facebook.  Click here.

July '09: Thank you to all who helped WaterWatch achieve many truly important victories for Oregon’s rivers this legislative session!  Click here to view our 2009 legislative successes and a Free The Rogue program update.

July '09: Federal officials announce $5 million from the federal stimulus package through a grant from NOAA will fund removal of Gold Ray Dam.  This project will mark fourth significant dam removal on Rogue River in three years. Read more.

June '09: June 1st marked another milestone in the ongoing restoration of the Rogue River. Dam demolition has begun on the northern six bays of Savage Rapids Dam.  View the Savage Rapids demolition photo gallery here.  Read more.

June 23, 2009, Photo to the East of the dam removal with breaking of concrete from bays 1 through 6 completed. Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter.

May '09: View our Spring Newsletter

 
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"All we want to do is build a storage  facility and capture some of the waste, in billions of cubic feet, that goes out to sea."

Paul Bauge, manager of the Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. receiving station in Bandon, Oregon, discussing a controversial proposed new dam on a Johnson Creek, as reported in the Eugene Register-Guard September 10, 2007.

 
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