The Kitsap Sun, Tacoma Daily Index and Tacoma News Tribune reported on the signing of the settlement agreement between Skokomish Tribe and the City of Tacoma on Jan 12.
From the Kitsap Sun:
For 80 years, Tacoma’s Cushman Dam Project in southern Hood Canal has been like an open wound for the Skokomish people, tribal officials say. But an agreement signed Monday could launch a
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More than 80 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge pushed a button that energized Cushman Dam No. 1 on the North Fork of the Skokomish River. The hydroelectric dam dewatered the North Fork, wiping out salmon runs upon which the Skokomish Tribe has always depended.
Cushman Dam No. 1 was joined a few years later by Cushman Dam No. 2, built just downstream. Neither dam allows fish …
The Kitsap Sun and Tacoma News Tribune reported on the increased water flow from the Cushman Dam to the North Fork of the Skokomish River on March 7. The amount of water flowing down the North Fork was increased from 60-70 cubic feet/second to 240 cubic feet/second.
The Tacoma News Tribune:
The black button on the control panel may have had a larger effect than raising
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