OPINION: Alaska’s government won’t do right by Eklutna salmon unless the public demands it

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OPINION: Alaska’s government won’t do right by Eklutna salmon unless the public demands it
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Salmon can’t hold their breath and wriggle up the dry riverbed and over the dam.

Several federal agencies prefer building a fish ladder around the dam. The problem, as the utilities and — ahem — Fish and Game see it, is that this would be more expensive than a spigot.

While the utilities dawdled for 30 years, a conservation organization and the Native Village of Eklutna removed an abandoned lower dam in 2018, saving the utilities $7.5 million in restoration costs. The Alaska Legislature is funding restoration of the Eklutna Lakeside Trail — which is often eroded by high water backed up by the utilities — to the tune of $234,000. The utilities’ reluctance to fix what they broke is costing us money.

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