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Sen. Merkley | 'Ricochet River'

We talk to Oregon’s junior U.S. Senator about the health care bill Senate Republicans are putting together behind closed doors, and the shootings of Congressmen this week at a baseball practice.

For the 25th anniversary publication of the book Ricochet River, we visited with a class of students at Clackamas Web Academy who are reading the book, along with author Robin Cody.

<p>Author Robin Cody and Clackamas Web Academy biology teacher Terri Gibson talking on their way to tour the River Mill dam with students.</p>

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Author Robin Cody and Clackamas Web Academy biology teacher Terri Gibson talking on their way to tour the River Mill dam with students.

<p>The River Mill Dam in Estacada, owned and operated by PGE.</p>

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The River Mill Dam in Estacada, owned and operated by PGE.

<p>Robin Cody and students from the Clackamas Web Academy stand on a platform just above the Clackamas river.</p>

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Robin Cody and students from the Clackamas Web Academy stand on a platform just above the Clackamas river.

<p>Retired PGE tour guide Terry Judkins explains the River Mill dam structure to Clackamas Web Academy students.</p>

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Retired PGE tour guide Terry Judkins explains the River Mill dam structure to Clackamas Web Academy students.

<p>PGE's Tim Shibahara explains the company's investments in the latest fish passage.</p>

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PGE's Tim Shibahara explains the company's investments in the latest fish passage.

<p>Tim Shibahara holds two different species of fish to see if any of the teenagers or adults could tell the difference.</p>

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Tim Shibahara holds two different species of fish to see if any of the teenagers or adults could tell the difference.

<p>Students crowd around PGE's Tim Shibahara to see what the salmon tracking device looks like.</p>

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Students crowd around PGE's Tim Shibahara to see what the salmon tracking device looks like.

<p>The view from the top of the River Mill dam in Estacada.</p>

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The view from the top of the River Mill dam in Estacada.

<p>Warning sign above the spillway at the River Mill dam.</p>

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Warning sign above the spillway at the River Mill dam.

<p>Electricity-producing generators at the River Mill dam.</p>

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Electricity-producing generators at the River Mill dam.

<p>A close up view of one of the River Mill dam generators.</p>

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A close up view of one of the River Mill dam generators.

<p>The end of more than seven miles of the fish passage tunnel that allows salmon to get past the dam.&nbsp;</p>

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The end of more than seven miles of the fish passage tunnel that allows salmon to get past the dam. 

<p>Salmon are released at the end of the seven-mile tube directly into the Clackamas river, below the River Mill dam.</p>

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Salmon are released at the end of the seven-mile tube directly into the Clackamas river, below the River Mill dam.

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