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Fishing, environmental groups sue over Umpqua River dam

by Gillian Flaccus
| November 10, 2020 4:12 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A coalition of environmental and fishing groups are suing a water district in southern Oregon over an aging, privately owned dam that they say hinders the passage of struggling salmon populations in the pristine North Umpqua River.

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