Richard is the Aquatic Scientist for the North Umpqua Hydro Project. He describes how the project was originally built in the late 1940's through the early 50's. Then in 1990's it went through it's 50-year relicensing, making it more fish-friendly, even putting a fish ladder on Soda Springs Damn. Richard discusses the technology for getting the fish over the dam and back down, and other improvements of the relicensing. Richard also discusses the general ecology of salmon in the North Umpqua River.

A movie of the Hydro Project can be seen here: https://youtu.be/_mpyX3N57oU.

Richard also talks about The North Umpqua Foundation, helping to protect the North Umpqua River. The North Umpqua Foundation is having their annual dinner at Steamboat Inn on October 20, celebrating 50 years of the Wild and Scenic Rivers. For more information on the dinner, see www.northumpqua.org. For the Pacific Rivers new film on the Wild and Scenic Rivers, see: https://vimeo.com/292826814.