Description
The Clackamas River Project is located within the Clackamas River Basin. The Clackamas River drains more than 940 square miles as it flows west from the Cascade Mountain Range for 83 miles to its confluence with the Willamette River at Oregon City, Oregon.
The project is situated on the lower 16 miles of the Oak Grove Fork and on the mainstem of the Clackamas River between river miles 46.8 and 22.3.
The Clackamas River Project consists of four developments in the following sequence, from upstream to downstream: Oak Grove, North Fork, Faraday, and River Mill.
Issues
Lamprey; fish passage; recreation
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Milestones
| Date | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 12/21/2010 | License order Issued | |
| 12/21/2006 | Final EIS Issued | |
| 3/30/2006 | Settlement Filed |
News Related to North Fork
Clackamas River's Final Environmental Impact Statement Released
On December 21, 2006, FERC released the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the five-dam Clackamas River Project only miles east of Portland, Oregon. While the final is an improvement over the draft, Clackamas River settlement parties say that there are still many problems with FERC's treatment of measures from the settlement agreement.
