Skip to Content

Related News

  • Related News

  • Improving habitat resiliency throughout the Upper McKenzie

    Environmental Responsibility is a core guiding value for EWEB decision-making. This summer, EWEB continues its commitment to environmental stewardship with a robust slate of habitat enhancement updates throughout the upper McKenzie River, across the footprint of the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project.

    Find Out More
  • EWEB weighs multi-billion-dollar decision affecting energy supply

    EWEB is weighing energy supply decisions that will cost nearly $2 billion over the next two decades.

    Find Out More
  • Habitat Restoration Underway on McKenzie River

    Partners at EWEB, McKenzie River Trust, the McKenzie Watershed Council, and the U.S. Forest Service broke ground on a major floodplain restoration project in Quartz Creek.

    Find Out More
  • Infrastructure upgrades at Nightingale Hosted Shelters made possible through powerful public-nonprofit partnership

    Nightingale Hosted Shelters, EWEB, and the City of Eugene celebrate infrastructure milestone

    Find Out More
  • EWEB opens applications for 2025 Electric Mobility Community Grant

    The Eugene Water & Electric Board is now accepting applications for the 2025 Electric Mobility Grant, reinforcing EWEB's commitment to sustainability and cleaner transportation.

    Find Out More
  • Show More
Improving McKenzie River Fish Habitat

September 13, 2017

Man dumps bin full of gravel into the river to enhance fish spawning habitat

High water and storms have scoured away the gravel and small rock that bull trout like to use to lay their eggs in an area of the McKenzie River below Blue Pool.

Our environmental specialists used a novel approach to transport approximately 300 yards of gravel to the river. The closest dirt road to the spawning habitat is about 500 feet from the river. Using a modified logging yarder and cables, along with a custom-designed transport bin, we were able to enhance and improve the spawning area during a one-week period in August.

Check out this video for an insider's look at the operation.