New weir in Foster Dam expected to improve fish survival

Sean C. Morgan

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began installing a new fish weir in Foster Dam last week that is expected to help improve the chances of survival for hundreds of thousands of spring Chinook salmon and winter steelhead traveling downstream.

The Corps had planned for the project to be complete Thursday, Feb. 22, but workers were stopped short when a piece of wood debris prevented a crane from detaching completely from a…

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