Almost 3 years ago, a coalition of groups filed suit to require repairs to the failing fish ladder on Winchester Dam on the North Umpqua River. The Native Fish Society has been doing an excellent job posting about this topic and the pathetic and potentially illegal actions taken by the dam owners. You can learn much more about this on the NFS news page. I am far from an expert on this topic, but it does appear shocking how state agencies like ODFW are not taking action to safeguard wild anadromous fish on the North Umpqua. NFS is now asking people to speak up at the ODFW Commission meeting in Bend on September 15. Learn more here and sign their petition, but attending the meeting is far more powerful.