The Winchester Water Control District and associated contractors are facing a more than $27.5 million claim, which was filed Friday in Douglas County Circuit Court, for its role in the
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife filed a $27.6M claim against the Winchester Water Control District for the loss of 550,000 juvenile Pacific lamprey.
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New evidence of Miller Lake lamprey shows these tiny fish are now back in Miller Lake for the first time since the 1950s. The evidence? Lamprey wounds on six brown trout caught at Miller Lake this past summer by Jordan Ortega, an Oregon State University graduate student. Ortega is part of a team working to get lamprey back into Miller Lake. Juvenile Miller Lake lamprey are parasitic feeders of trout and speckled dace. In the lake, it's likely fish are not killed by lamprey feeding on them. However, biologists think trout prey on the lamprey. ODFW's lamprey biologist Ben Clemens says the brown trout wounds show recovery efforts are working. Most of the wounds were fresh, indicating some Miller Lake lamprey now live in the lake. "This is exciting news for a team that's been working nearly two decades to restore these lamprey back into Miller Lake," Clemens said. The team partners have been capturing Miller Lake lamprey downstream of the lake. Captured lamprey are