By Susan Hollingsworth
Last week, FERC came through for Condit Dam on the White Salmon River.
Even with a shortened time period for making a decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has evaluated PacifiCorp’s Request for Rehearing an…
By Susan Hollingsworth
You have heard about the hurdles, blockades, difficulties and setbacks in the removal of Condit Dam for the past 10 years. Finally a date has been set. Finally the hard work of countless agencies and stakeholders will …
By Susan Hollingsworth
We rejoiced in December, 2010 when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, granted the official Surrender Order for PacifiCorp’s Condit Dam hydropower license. Seemingly the last major hurdle, this Order tu…
By Susan Hollingsworth
News Flash! The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the final order for the decomission of the Condit Dam on the White Salmon River.
As discussed in a previous blog post, motions to remove…
Since 1913, a 200 ft wall has held back our beautiful White Salmon River in Washington state. While designated Wild and Scenic upstream of this barricade, the river pours into Northwestern Lake and comes to a dead stop at the high wall of Con…
By Susan Hollingsworth
With no river access to Northwestern Lake Park from July 5th – Sept 28, 2011, the White Salmon River community was beginning to get worried.
Private boaters grew anxious about not being able to paddle the stretch of the …
In the second half of January, a large chunk of cliff wall on the Lower Lower White Salmon River broke off and fell into the river, providing continuing evidence that the White Salmon River is still evolving after the removal of Condit Dam. Th…
Last week, Wet Planet offered 2 free trips to returning guests down the newly opened Lower Lower White Salmon in exchange for feedback in a post-trip survey. We knew that WE think the section surrounding the former Condit dam (taken down in O…
By now, most people know that the Lower Lower White Salmon River is open for paddling. Condit Dam was breached a little over a year ago, and on Saturday, Nov 3rd, PacifiCorp officially openend the new stretch of river to paddlers. If you haven…
We received word on Friday evening from PacifiCorp that the Lower Lowet White Salmon River, that new section from Northwestern Park through the previous site of Condit Dam down to the Columbia River, would be open for paddling on Saturday m…
Wet Planet has been contracted by JR Merit, the general contractor for all of the work surrounding the removal of Condit Dam, to provide river expertise and advice on log removal and evaluating general boating conditions on the section of the …
If you haven’t heard yet, it’s official. PacifiCorp announced yesterday that the construction on the temporary take-out at Northwestern Park is complete.
We let you know in the last Condit Dam Watch post that PacifiCorp was close to completing…
By Susan Hollingsworth
With the the upcoming hydropower removal right here on our very own White Salmon River (Condit Dam, in case you’ve been out of the loop for the last decade or so), it is more important than ever that we learn from previo…
I’d like to preface that I am not the best or the most impressive whitewater kayaker out there, not by a long shot. What I do know, is that I have a solid foundation. I believe that this foundation with time and effort would lead me as far as I am willing to go. My… Read more »
A first hand account of rafting White Salmon River for the first time.
Meet the guides who you might be spending time with on your next river trip!
Raft the White Salmon River from Mt. Adams headwaters to the Columbia River Confluence Driving from Wet Planet’s base in Husum, Washington, to the put-in for our White Salmon Whitewater Rafting Trips, you are greeted by views of Mt. Adams towering above. As we watch the snow slowly melt as the summer heats up, we… Read more »
One of the best ways to experience the incredible Northwest Scenery found in the Columbia River Gorge is by taking a whitewater rafting trip through one of the area’s spectacular river canyons. These trips offer the absolute best of whitewater…
In this brief history of the Klickitat River, we want to acknowledge and remember the historical and contemporary relationship of the indigenous people to the land and water of the Klickitat River and the Columbia River Gorge. Nestled in the Columbia River Gorge on the ancestral land of the Klickitat people is the Klickitat River…. Read more »
Have you ever wondered about the importance of becoming an American Whitewater member and how impactful your membership can be? The roar of Steelhead Falls on Washington’s White Salmon River reverberates off the basalt walls of the deep canyon with a thundering roar: this is what the impact of American Whitewater feels like. American Whitewater (AW), founded… Read more »
“Just west of the Klickitat, the White Salmon River also drops in chasms and waterfalls. Drawn by curiosity and the little river’s perfect beauty, I’ve traveled up that valley, stopped to peer into its slippery canyons, then hiked to the headwaters on the snowy flank of Mount Adams, which rises like a white ramp to… Read more »
This winter the redistribution of sediment, creation of new waterways, and a bright cofferdam floating in the mouth of the White Salmon River has received much attention from the community. The restoration project at the in-lieu site located at the Underwood side of the mouth of the White Salmon River has, while interesting to watch,… Read more »
The decision to go through guide school is a gateway to a whole new set of adventures. On top of a wide range of skill sets, it can open doors to close friendships, world-wide travels, and an amazing community. The skills that go into rafting whitewater span far beyond steering a boat downstream though. Many… Read more »
After 100 years of what fish biologist call a barrier to fish migration, Pacific Salmon and Lamprey are now able to make it make it further than just three miles upstream the White Salmon River. With the removal of Condit dam, salmon and the eel-like Pacific lamprey, which can scale vertical waterfalls, now have access… Read more »
