Power

Sometimes it is entertaining to visit the source of true power. The North Umpqua Hydro-Electric Project is run by Pacificorp, generates 94 MegaWatts and flows water through turbines via canals. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reviewed the operations and liscensed the dam for another 30 years, contingent on a settlement agreement whereby Pacificorp gets to 'help' the fish.

As a director of the Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers, Dr. Lenny got to tour the facility as part of a schedule meeting - with people one level closer to the action from last weeks Province Advisory Committee, but highly important in their own stead. My friend Richard Grost gave led the tour - he is a superb fish photographer who doubles as a biologist for Pacificorp. So we got to see spawning fish, large reserviors and narrow roads, on a school bus loaned to us by the Wolf Creek Job Corps. Thank you everyone for a good time.