Marmot Dam Photo courtesy Josh Kling, Western Rivers Conservancy

Portland General Electric (PGE) recently decommissioned its 90-year-old hydroelectric project on the Sandy River. PGE dismantled the 47-foot-high Marmot Dam in 2007 and the 16-foot-high Little Sandy Dam in 2008. PGE also transferred about 1,500 acres of adjacent lands to Western Rivers Conservancy. Western Rivers Conservancy combined the PGE lands with other acquisitions to create conservation corridors along thirteen miles of the Sandy River and four miles of the Little Sandy River. Learn more about why PGE decided it was important to remove the dams at PGE's website.