HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

New Albany rule: Don’t harm killer whales

Written November 18th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

It sounds like a joke but it isn’t: From now on anyone wanting to build anything in the designated 100-year-flood zone in Albany will have to prove that the work won’t harm endangered species including salmon, sturgeon, smelt and killer whales.


The Corps plans repeat in coming years

Written November 24th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Week after week of seeing the turbid waterways downstream from Green Peter Dam makes one wonder: Will they drain the reservoir again? And the answer is yes, probably.


 
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