Dam at Oregon Lake Being Retrofitted to Withstand Earthquake
The leaky dam at Hyatt Lake in Oregon is being shored up this summer as part of a $3.7 million seismic retrofit.
The Mail Tribune reported the project will bring the dam east of Ashland into safety compliance after a seepage issue was discovered during a 2009 inspection.
Greg Garnett of the federal Bureau of Reclamation says engineers are nearly finished with designs. Work is expected to start in mid-May and run into mid-November.
Because of the project, Hyatt Lake will be kept no higher than four feet from full pool this summer,
ODFW plans to stock 10,200 legal-sized trout there this spring and 39,000 larger fingerlings in October.