fish ladder
noun
: a series of pools arranged like steps by which fish can pass over a dam in going upstream
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At the weir, salmon swim up a fish ladder and into holding ponds.
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Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2024
Installing fish ladders and updating the aging hydroelectric infrastructure at Iron Gate and other Klamath River dams wasn’t worth the expense, decided PacifiCorps, the energy company that operated the dams.
—Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
In August, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration allocated $3 million for salmon restoration, Merkley said, with another $11.5 million going to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to improve fish ladder passages on the two dams remaining on the river.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Two other dams upriver from the four that were removed, the Link River Dam and the Keno Dam, have fish ladders installed.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
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Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2024
Installing fish ladders and updating the aging hydroelectric infrastructure at Iron Gate and other Klamath River dams wasn’t worth the expense, decided PacifiCorps, the energy company that operated the dams.
—Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
In August, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration allocated $3 million for salmon restoration, Merkley said, with another $11.5 million going to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to improve fish ladder passages on the two dams remaining on the river.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Two other dams upriver from the four that were removed, the Link River Dam and the Keno Dam, have fish ladders installed.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Fish ladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fish%20ladder. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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