For years, Seattle City Light insisted its hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were not harming salmon.
SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — In a stunning reversal, Seattle City Light has agreed to invest $979 million to build fish passage at its three Skagit River dams, a commitment its own scientists long insisted was unnecessary.
It’s also a victory for two tribes of the Skagit Valley who never stopped fighting.
For years, Seattle City Light insisted its hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were not harming salmon. The fish, city scientists argued, never historically reached those stretches of the river. The rugged North Cascades terrain made
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