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Clackamas Web Academy Tours The River Mill Dam In Estacada

Students and teachers at the Clackamas Web Academy toured PGE's River Mill Dam In Estacada in early May.

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Author Robin Cody and Clackamas Web Academy biology teacher Terri Gibson talking on their way to tour the River Mill dam with students. — 1 of 13
Author Robin Cody and Clackamas Web Academy biology teacher Terri Gibson talking on their way to tour the River Mill dam with students.
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The River Mill Dam in Estacada, owned and operated by PGE. — 2 of 13
The River Mill Dam in Estacada, owned and operated by PGE.
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Robin Cody and students from the Clackamas Web Academy stand on a platform just above the Clackamas river. — 3 of 13
Robin Cody and students from the Clackamas Web Academy stand on a platform just above the Clackamas river.
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Retired PGE tour guide Terry Judkins explains the River Mill dam structure to Clackamas Web Academy students. — 4 of 13
Retired PGE tour guide Terry Judkins explains the River Mill dam structure to Clackamas Web Academy students.
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PGE's Tim Shibahara explains the company's investments in the latest fish passage. — 5 of 13
PGE's Tim Shibahara explains the company's investments in the latest fish passage.
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Tim Shibahara holds two different species of fish to see if any of the teenagers or adults could tell the difference. — 6 of 13
Tim Shibahara holds two different species of fish to see if any of the teenagers or adults could tell the difference.
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Students crowd around PGE's Tim Shibahara to see what the salmon tracking device looks like. — 7 of 13
Students crowd around PGE's Tim Shibahara to see what the salmon tracking device looks like.
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The view from the top of the River Mill dam in Estacada. — 8 of 13
The view from the top of the River Mill dam in Estacada.
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Warning sign above the spillway at the River Mill dam. — 9 of 13
Warning sign above the spillway at the River Mill dam.
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Electricity-producing generators at the River Mill dam. — 10 of 13
Electricity-producing generators at the River Mill dam.
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A close up view of one of the River Mill dam generators. — 11 of 13
A close up view of one of the River Mill dam generators.
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The end of more than seven miles of the fish passage tunnel that allows salmon to get past the dam. — 12 of 13
The end of more than seven miles of the fish passage tunnel that allows salmon to get past the dam.
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Salmon are released at the end of the seven-mile tube directly into the Clackamas river, below the River Mill dam. — 13 of 13
Salmon are released at the end of the seven-mile tube directly into the Clackamas river, below the River Mill dam.
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