Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
The South Santiam Watershed Council has received a $50,000 grant to find and begin removal of barriers to fish trying to swim up the river and its tributaries.
The grant money comes from penalties assessed against a firm caught polluting in the Columbia Gorge, Watershed Council Coordinator Eric Hartstein said. Funds from the penalties were used to establish a grant program for environmental projects. The grant, received May…