The long road to access at Willamette Falls

After nearly two centuries, the Willamette Falls Trust announced an agreement with Portland General Electric to conduct a yearlong formal site study with the end goal of creating a permanent easement for tribal nations and the public to have access to the falls.

The second largest falls in the U.S. have been inaccessible since industrialists dammed them and lined the river with paper mills 150 years ago. Four tribes are working with PGE to plan public access.

High Country News