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THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
May 31,1989
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ELC, Highway Department to build fish ladder
Inaugurations
scheduled
The Associated Student
Government inaugurations are
tomorrow in CC101 at 12:30 p.m.
At that time, Garett Lytle will
be sworn in as ASG president,
concluding the term of Faith
Taylor, current ASG president.
Lytle will take the oath of office,
and consequently preside of the
regular ASG meeting. Tim Jones
will take the oath of vice presi­
dent, replacing Leslie Barton.
In addition to Lytle and Jones,
Entertainment Senator Kelli
Bowman will be returning to ASG
next year. She is optimistic about
Lytle and next year’s ASG.
“Garett has a lot of good
ideas,” said Bowman. “He’s work­
ing on issues like financial aid, so
people can concentrate on their
studies-instead of their tuition.”
She sees “more entertainment,
more often” by ASG next year.
Lower the numbers
and raise the odds.
pond on his property. -
The need for the ladder arose
put of the construction of the
bypass. While constructing the
road, the Highway Division drained
Menconi’s pond and moved New­
ell Creek without required per­
mits from state fish and wildlife
authorities. Such permits are
required under federal laws that
protect
wetland
habitats.
Herrmann explained that, since
the time of Lewis and Clark, about
70 percent of Oregon’s wetlands
have disappeared due to farming,
construction, and other human
endeavors.
The Highway Division was
given three options to restore the
fish habitat: clean the gravel and
silt that had destroyed spawning
areas in a three-mile stretch of the
creek, create new spawning habi­
tat, or bypass the stream while it
cleaned itself. The division opted
for the bypass, and the ELC sug­
gested the fish ladder. When
completed, the ladder will be the
first such project built on an ur­
ban stream.
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“We’re trying to, where we
can, simulate the characteristics'
of this watershed the way it used
to be in order to mitigate the loss
of habitat,” stated Herrmann.
The proposed route for the
fish would pass through a culvert,
into a large concrete collection
box, through a 70-foot fish ladder
(called a “Denil Fishway”), and
on to the ELC. The fish ladder is
two feet wide, two feet deep, and
70 feet long, built in ten-foot sec­
tions.
The ladder is designed to
produce turbulence in the water
to help the fish move upstream
under their own power. The only
other fish ladder of this type is
located in Alaska, near Frazier
Lake.
The site would also include a
parking area for viewing, and a
hiking trail leading down into
Newell Creek canyon. The ELC
has received a $10,000 federal grant
through the state Highway Divi­
sion to complete the project, but
is relying heavily on donated
materials.
Faculty passes
smoking, visiting
groups resolution
The Clackamas Community
College faculty, in their last meet­
ing of the year May 25, passed two
resolutions concerning the use of
tobacco products and the restric­
tion of religious and political
groups visiting campus.
After about ten minutes of
discussion, the faculty voted to
ban all indoor use of tobacco
products on campus 38-1. The
resolution originally only ad­
dressed smoking, but was amended
by the group after several mem­
bers raised concern over the use
of chewing tobacco.
The faculty also passed a reso-
lution that religious and political
groups visiting campus be con­
fined to the community center 46-
5. The vote was in response to a
recent campus visit of Gideon
International, a religious group
that handed out small bibles at
various locations around campus.
Faculty members felt that such
groups restrict traffic flow in the
halls between classes.
The two resolutions will be
sent to the next meeting of the
President’s Council, where they
will be used to help decide what
sort of policies should be imple­
mented concerning the two issues.
“We’re trying to get as much
material donated as we can-steel
and other materials. We would
really appreciate any support at
this point from people willing to
help,” said Herrmann.. “We’re
looking for people who might be
interested in helping complete the
fish ladder.”
The McLoughlin chapter of
the Northwest Steelheaders have
assisted with the project by help­
ing improve the habitat and pro­
viding labor.
The ELC has a vigorous fish­
rearing program and has raised
and released over 200,000 fish over
the las t four years. The ladder would
help thèse fish return to the ELC
to spawn.
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Oregon City Bypass
Clackamas Community
College
Environmental
Learning Center
4T
Beavercreek Road
by Jim Titus
Editor-in-Chicf
The John Inskeep Environ­
mental Learning Center, in coop­
eration with the Oregon Highway
Division,: is planning to build a
unique fish ladder near the inter­
section of the Oregon City Bypass
and Beavercreek Road.
According to ELC Director
Jerry Herrmann, the ladder would
assist salmon in returning to spawn
at the headwaters of Newell Creek,
located at the ELC site.
“We are trying to reestablish
the link for salmon to come clear
back to the college,” Herrmann
explained.
The present site of Clacka­
mas Community College was dra­
matically different before the
campus was constructed. The area
was a large wetland, filled with
cattails and reeds. Historically,
spawning salmon and steelhead
travelled as far as what is now the
campus. Richard Menconi, who
owns a home near the site of the
proposed ladder, said he used to
see salmon and steelhead in the
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The John Inskeep Environmental Learning Center is planning to
build a fish ladder near the intersection of Beavercreek Road
and the Oregon City Bypass.
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