FishPass Enters Final Construction Stretch
By Beth Milligan | Aug. 19, 2026
FishPass crews have started work on removing the temporary sheet pile from the Boardman River construction site. It’s a key milestone in the $30 million project to replace the Union Street Dam with an experimental new fish-sorting channel and research facility. The sheet pile’s removal by end of September will complete the in-water work, with crews turning their attention over the winter to landscaping/park improvements and the research building construction ahead of a targeted late spring or early summer completion.
Divers entered the Boardman last week (pictured) upstream of the fish-sorting channel to cut off and remove the sheet pile cofferdam. The sheet pile was used to hold back water …
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